Arunima Sinha - Indian Mountain Climber

from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service

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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