A recovery of Himalayan proportions

January 2016

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Nick Allen on the summit of Island peak, 6189m, in Nepal.
Nick Allen, founder of the Mastering Mountains Trust Four years ago, Nick Allen could only travel in a mobility scooter. Having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) aged just 25, he could no longer walk on anything other than a flat surface, and even then only for a couple of minutes. Mentally, he’d accepted the […]
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