A British veteran who lost both his legs while serving in Iraq is celebrating a massive personal victory. Neil Heritage, 39, became the first above-the-knee double amputee to scale the 14,692-foot-high Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps on his third earnest attempt.
He climbed alongside 46-year-old Mark Hooks, a friend from his hometown of Poole in Dorset, England, and three hiking guides. And they reached the apex of the challenging ascent on day three of the climb on Aug. 7.
