Warren Macdonald

Warren Macdonald (born 1965 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian environmentalist, explorer, mountain climber and writer.

In April 1997 Warren Macdonald was climbing on Hinchinbrook Island, Northern Australia when a large rock fell on his legs. Warren survived the accident thanks to Geert van Keulen, a Dutch traveller Warren had met the day before, who raced down the mountain for help.Fact|date=January 2008 He spent two days out in the open and both his legs were amputated at the thigh.

Ten months later, Warren climbed Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia using a modified wheelchair and the seat of his pants. A year later he climbed Federation Peak in Tasmania, Australia. In February 2003 he became the first double-above knee amputee to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa's tallest peak. More recently he climbed El Capitan in Sierra Nevada, California, United States and the Weeping Wall in Alberta, Canada. [cite web
title = Your Writes: Community Voice: Warren Macdonald
url = http://www.ncpad.org/yourwrites/fact_sheet.php?sheet=496
accessdate = 2008-01-02 ]

Macdonald has written a book called "A Test of Will". He told the story of the accident on Discovery Channel's programme "I Shouldn't be Alive". [cite web
title = Warren Macdonald: Adventurer, Author and Motivational Speaker
url = http://www.speakers.ca/macdonald_warren.aspx
accessdate = 2006-04-30 ]

He has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Australia.

References

External links

* [http://www.warren-macdonald.com/ Official webpage]
* [http://www.worldwaterfalls.com/waterfall.php?falls=Weeping%20Wall%20AB Weeping Wall, Alberta]

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