That, I will hold on to with my mouth and teeth,” Sudarshan Gautam, 30, a Nepal-born Canadian who became the world’s first double amputee to climb Everest, had said in one of the interviews to Canadian media before embarking on a near-impossible trip. It’s a record galore on Everest this season, but Gautam’s achievement is no doubt one of the rarest feats.[break]
Gautam lost both his hands at the age of 14 when he reached out to get a kite that had hit a naked wire with 11,000 volts. The shock left him with no arms but that did not deter him from proving his message that “disability is not inability”. The motive behind his giant step is to establish a school in Nepal for the poor, the disabled and orphans by raising one million dollars, according to Fast Forward Weekly of Calgary.
Sudarshan Gautam
“I can do everything with my feet. I can drive a car and a motorcycle; I can shave, clean the house and cook food,” he said in the interview. Asked why he wanted to climb Everest, Gautam said, “Because I have strong determination and I want to do everything I possibly can.”
His biggest point was: Do not let your disabilities get in your way. And, he has now proved that nothing, not even the highest mountain in the world has got in his way.
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