Editing Mount Everest (section)

==== Summiting with disabilities ====
Summiting Everest with disabilities such as amputations and diseases has become popular in the 21st century, with stories like that of [[Sudarshan Gautam]], a man with no arms who made it to the top in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 May 2013 |title=Canadian double-amputee summits Mount Everest |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/canadian-double-amputee-summits-mount-everest-1.1322725 |access-date=31 May 2013 |work=[[CBC News]] |publisher=[[CBC/Radio-Canada]] |via=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref> A teenager with [[Down syndrome]] made it to Base camp, which has become a substitute for more extreme record-breaking because it carries many of the same thrills including the trip to the Himalayas and rustic scenery.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 April 2013 |title=Teen with Down syndrome becomes first ever to reach Mt. Everest base camp |url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/teen-with-down-syndrome-becomes-first-ever-to-reach-mt-everest-base-camp/ |access-date=20 September 2015 |work=[[Fox News]] |publisher=[[Fox Corporation|FOX]]}}</ref> Danger lurks even at base camp though, which was the site where dozens were killed in the [[2015 Mount Everest avalanches]]. Others that have climbed Everest with amputations include [[Mark Inglis]] (no legs), [[Hari Budha Magar]] (no legs), Paul Hockey (one arm only), and [[Arunima Sinha]] (one leg only).

In 2001, [[Erik Weihenmayer]] became the first person to reach the summit of Mount Everest while blind.<ref name=":7" />