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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Mount Everest


Mount Everest conquered by disabled man

Tom Whittaker’s life as a mountaineer seemed to be destroyed after he was involved in a car accident with a drunk driver back in 1979 in Pocatello, Idaho. But his life reached its peak again on Nov. 4 when the Scottsdale-based motivational speaker received an award from Queen Elizabeth II of his native England for something he had accomplished eight years ago.

Click here to read this remarkable Mt Everest story

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