Warren MacDonald Biography

Warren Macdonald's boundaries were revised in April 1997 after he was involved in an accident on Hinchinbrook Island in North Queensland, Australia. In a bizarre rock fall while climbing the island's biggest peak, he became stuck behind a one-ton slab boulder. He was recovered two days later, only to have both legs amputated at the mid-thigh. He scaled Tasmania's Cradle Mountain 10 months later, using a customized wheelchair and the seat of his pants. With February 2003, Macdonald became the first double above-knee amputee to reach the summit of Africa's greatest peak, Mt Kilimanjaro (19,222 ft), and, more recently, made history in an ascent of America's largest rock face, El Capitan, needing more than 2,800 pull-ups over four days. He is also the only above-knee amputee to climb Canada's most famous ice waterfall, the 600-foot Weeping Wall in Alberta. A Test of Will, Macdonald's book, is an Australian best-seller and the topic of the Trapped Under a Boulder episode of Discovery Channel's I Shouldn't Be Alive. His video, The Second Step, which chronicles the epic four-week trip to Federation Peak, Australia's most difficult peak summit, has won eight international accolades, including the Grand Prize at the famous Banff Mountain Film Festival. Macdonald has been on a variety of news and current events shows, including Larry King Live, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos. He has contributed to CNN World News, Australian Geographic, Speaking of Impact, and Professional Speaker.

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