In 1996 doctors told me I wouldn’t walk again unaided, but in 2022 I took the record for the most Everest summits by a non-Sherpa I grew up in Slough, Berkshire, in a bungalow beside a farm. My father was a scout leader, and I was always outside, building dams and dens, sleeping out and hiding i...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/oct/23/experience-ive-climbed-mount-everest-20-times)