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Published 14 Aug, 2023 02:38pm

Double amputee boy climbs 238 metre-long peak

An eight-year-old amputated boy climbed a 238 metre-long peak and collected nearly two million pounds for helping paralytics and others which is beyond his target of 500 pounds.

Tony Hudgell climbed the mountain alongside Sir Chris Bonington and double amputee former Gurka Hari Budha Magar, BBC reported. Tony’s adoptive mother said seeing him reach the peak was “so incredible”.

Budha had also lost his legs in the attack of an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan in 2010.

She told the British broadcaster that “anybody who knows Tony knows that he is a complete whirlwind.”

Tony belonging to King Hill Kent, lost his both legs after serious injuries gave him by his biological parents who have been sent to jail for 10 years in 2018.

He received point-of-light awards for raising more than 1.7m pounds for charity collected during the pandemic. Tony said his first walk provoked him to climb a mountain. Later his family met Cumbrian guide Steve Watts, who assist him to reach the summit.

Watts described his victory as an opening for other children and adults facing amputees as hurdles on their way to success.

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