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A 25-year-old man with an artificial leg is aiming to climb 4,500 metres on Mount Everest. He said he hopes it will inspire other amputees.

The man had his right leg amputated above the knee after being diagnosed with cancer ten years ago.

He has had a specialist device made for him which will fit into his artificial leg and analyse his walking during the attempt in October.

The device - a state-of-the-art knee mechanism, has a computer chip in it which will analyse the way he walks.

He is currently a patient at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge.

The knee is hydraulically controlled, and is specially designed to allow the user to walk naturally and confidently at changing speeds and over all types of terrain.

It has a statistics counter which will record the number of steps taken and the distance which is covered.

The man said that he hoped the climb would inspire other amputees to take part in similar activities.

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