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Sporting Witness: Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber

Arunima Sinha - Indian mountain climber

12/12/2019 GMT

Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber

The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest

The incredible story of the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest.

In 2013, Arunima Sinha became the first woman amputee to climb Mount Everest - just two years after suffering an horrific accident during an armed robbery on a train in the north of India. The accident robbed Arunima of a promising career in volleyball, but she was determined to prove to herself that she could still do anything. Iknoor Kaur tells her story. Production by Prabhat Pandey.

(Photo: Arunima Sinha celebrating her Everest climb. Credit: Getty Images)

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