Army veteran Craig Wood sailed from Puerto Vallarta in Mexico to Hiroshima in Japan in 90 days.
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A veteran who lost both legs and his left arm serving in Afghanistan has made history after becoming the world’s first triple amputee to sail solo, non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific.
Craig Wood, from Doncaster in South Yorkshire, was 18 years old when he suffered life-changing injuries from a roadside bomb in Sangin, southern Afghanistan, in 2009.
The former British soldier, who suffered life-changing injuries in Afghanistan, sailed 7,506 nautical miles to raise funds for…
Hari Budha Magar lost both his legs in 2010 to an IED in Afghanistan while serving with the British Army’s Gurkha regiment.
An Afghanistan veteran has become the first double above-the-knee amputee to climb the highest peak on each of the seven…
Hari Budha Magar, who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan, is on the final leg of the Seven Summits Challenge.
Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan Maclean arrived in the Australian city of Cairns on Saturday.
Ewan, Jamie and Lachlan Maclean described the support they have had from back home as ‘humbling’.
