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Lifestyle | 12th June 2025
 

Pride of Britain winner to visit Academy

 
 
INTREPID: Hari conquered Everest in 2023
 

Langholm Academy is delighted to share that they will welcome Pride of Britain 2024 winner, 43-year-old Hari Budha Magar, the first double amputee to conquer Everest, to Langholm Academy, for an inspirational talk with our P7-S6 pupils on Thursday 19th June at 11am.

Hari is a former corporal in the British Army Gurkha regiment, who stepped on an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan in 2010, losing both legs. Determined to change perceptions of what is possible for people with a disability, Hari victoriously stood atop the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest at 8,849m on 19th May 2023.

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