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Climbing Everest with One Leg
Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee to reach the top of the world's highest mountain.
It all began when Arunima Sinha was 24. She was a keen volleyball player and had won a place on the Indian National Team. She was on a train, travelling from her home in Uttar Pradesh state to the capital Delhi to take up a job which would allow her to compete and earn money at the same time when a terrible train accident happened. She lost her leg, but didn't give up hope. Instead she developed an incredible ambition; to climb the world's highest mountain. And she made it.
Image: Arunima Sinha
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