In 1999, mountaineer Jamie Andrew lost his hands and feet to frostbite after being stranded in a blizzard in the French Alps. He later had the ambition to scale the Matterhorn. I don’t have the words to do justice to the ensuing story, so I ask you to watch this:
http://www.channel5.com/shows/the-limbless-mountaineer/episodes/the-limbless-mountaineer