Climber’s historic Everest bid

A Chinese climber who was crippled by frostbite on Everest has scaled the summit more than 40 years later.

Xia Boyu lost his feet after giving his sleeping bag to a sick teammate during a high-altitude storm in 1975.

Now aged 69, he became the second double amputee to scale Everest – and the first ever from the Nepalese side.

Australian Steve Plain, meanwhile, set the record for the fastest climb of the highest mountains on seven continents.

Plain’s achievement comes four years after he broke his neck in a surfing accident.