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Podcast: Weekend Sport with Jason Pine
Episode: Mark Inglis: Kiwi Paralympian on his Paralympic Cycling success, mountaineering
Description: 25 years ago, Kiwi sporting icon Mark Inglis made history, winning New Zealand’s first ever Paralympic Cycling medal at the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games. But this isn’t the extent of his achievements – Inglis having survived 13 days trapped on Mount Cook and becoming the first person to summit Mount Everest as a double amputee. He told Piney that losing your legs is hard, but if you’re going to have them cut off at 23, the best person to do it to is a young mountaineer. “You live in an environment where if you make the right mov...