What was once a dream, is now slowly turning out to be true for former British Gurkha, Hari Budha Magar, who was to climb Mount Everest.

The government of Nepal’s decision to keep amputees off Mount Everest to the COVID-19 pandemic and the funds required to make a plan in action has been sorted out for the double-above-knees amputee ex-British Gurkha soldier who had lost both his legs during a mission to Afghanistan in 2010.

“I am trying to climb (Mount Everest) quite for a while, I earlier couldn’t climb because of a few reasons- first the Government of Nepal banned double amputees and the visually impaired from climbing mountains in Nepal. That was the thing we needed to fight in the Supreme Court and we overturned that. You can’t take away someone’s right whatever- they would be able to climb or they can’t. We were successful to do overturn that. Later, the Corona pandemic started which further delayed the plan but this year, am preparing myself for the attempt of next spring when I will be climbing Mount Everest,” Magar told ANI after coming back to Kathmandu from his trek to Mount Everest Base Camp earlier this year.

Earlier this year, Magar sky-dived from a helicopter in the Khumbu region as well as trekked up to the Everest Base Camp on his prosthetic legs building his dream to be the first above-the-knee double amputee to climb the highest mountain on earth.

While trekking up to the Everest Base Camp he set up the record as first above the knee double amputee to trek up to the base of the world’s tallest mountain.

“It was a great experience for me but it was hard. Simply, some of the steps were too big, some were too steep, some had to walk down and some of the steps were too narrow. I use to wake up at 5 in the morning, have the breakfast-which wasn’t that pleasant but I had to do it because I was slow and had to leave early so that I can reach the next stopover on time,” Magar added.