A soldier who lost both his legs in a explosion in
Afghanistan has been described as an inspiration by the organisers of an
extreme challenge dubbed 'the obstacle race from hell'.
Lance Bombardier James Simpson, 27, is set to be the first
double amputee to take part in a Spartan Race event.
Spartan Race is an open country run punctuated with a range
of punishing, surprise obstacles - from mud crawls and ice-pit plunges to
cargo-net climbs and fire-log leaps.
Organisers describe it as 'an event of pure, primitive
craziness'.
Lance /Bombardier Simpson, from Rawdon, near Leeds, was serving with 5th
Regiment, Royal Artillery when he stepped on an improvised explosive device as
he returned from a foot patrol in Helmand.
He lost both his legs above the knee and also damaged both
his arms in the blast in November 2009.
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