A Chinese climber who lost both legs to frostbite on Everest is to tackle the mountain again after Nepal revoked a controversial ban on double amputees scaling the world's highest peak.
The Kathmandu Government announced the new regulations, which also included a ban on blind people and solo climbers, in December.
But the ban has now been revoked, and Xia Boyu, aged 69, is heading to Nepal this week for his attempt on Everest after becoming the first double amputee to get a permit after the government u-turn, the Himalayan Times reported.
Xia's new bid comes 43 years after he first tried to scale the the 8848m mountain. He lost both feet when he suffered severe frost bite just below the summit during that attempt.
His legs were amputated 20 years later after he was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer.
