Jobs & Education1 min ago
Inspirational!
4 Answers
It's been on TV before, now on the above YouTube link. What a wonderful place, the British Isles.
But the inspirational part is watching Jamie Andrew (who lost both legs AND his hands to frost-bite in a climbing accident) climbing Snowdon, across the ice and snow-covered ground, and finally climbing up the dozen or so rough-hewn steps at the summit, to stand, grinning, breathing in the pure air, and saying 'well, if I can do it, then anybody can!'
I've changed my screen-saver to this pic of him on the summit, ski-poles and determination holding him up.
https:/
What he has just done to get to that summit is not 'difficult', it's not 'quite hard work' - take it from me, a mere single-leg amputee. It's bloody impossible! Well, not so... watch Jamie. As he says "Nothing is impossible!"
Very humbling, very moving, and very inspirational.
A
Answers
Best Answer
No best answer has yet been selected by allenlondon. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I emailed Jamie Andrew, the handless and legless man who you'll see climbing Snowdon in the film, thanking him for his inspiration.
I wasn't expecting a reply, but reply he did...
"I do know how hard it is to cope with all the challenges of managing a prosthetic leg, the stump and skin, and so on. I have been through an awful lot of those problems myself. But I have always found that if I persist, through all the pain and hard times, I will win out in the end. Keep it up!"
Lor lummy, talk about putting my 'problems' in perspective.
What a guy.
A
I wasn't expecting a reply, but reply he did...
"I do know how hard it is to cope with all the challenges of managing a prosthetic leg, the stump and skin, and so on. I have been through an awful lot of those problems myself. But I have always found that if I persist, through all the pain and hard times, I will win out in the end. Keep it up!"
Lor lummy, talk about putting my 'problems' in perspective.
What a guy.
A