The 43-year-old former mercenary met the challenge to 'change the perception of disability' It is the third to achieve this in that condition. In 2006, New Zealander Mark Inglis; and in 2018 and the Chinese Xia Boyu: both reached the top without their legs.
Magar had both legs amputated above the knees after being fatally wounded by a homemade explosive device in Afghanistan. The former Gurkha lives in the city of Canterbury, in England and took on the challenge.