Jamie Andrew

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Jamie Andrew (born 1969) is a Scottish mountaineer.

Jamie Andrew was caught in a terrible storm on The North Face of Les Droites with friend Jamie Fisher in 1999. They were trapped on the ridge above the face for 5 nights. On the last night Fisher died of hypothermia and Jamie Andrew developed frostbite that required amputation of his hands and feet.

[edit] Before His Accident

Jamie was born in Glasgow and developed a love of mountaineering in his teenage years when he made successful climbs in the Alps, Dolomites and Yosemite Valley in California. Jamie studied at Edinburgh University and became president of their mountaineering club. He then became an industrial rope technician, which involved abseiling off oil rigs, bridges and high buildings.

[edit] After His Accident

Amputation of all four limbs was necessary to save his life from septic shock. After he recovered from the surgery, he spent several months rehabilitating back to independent life. Sporting activities came later. After his first walk(with no hands or feet) up Blackford Hill Jamie began doing what he did before, which included skiing, snowboarding, paragliding, orienteering, Running, hill walking, caving and main passions -Rock Climbing and Mountaineering. His successes have led him to walking up Ben Nevis raising £15000 for charity in the process, running the London Marathon in 2001 raising £22000 for charity, Many Ascents of 4000m peaks in the Alps and climbing Kilamanjaro with three other disabled mountaineers raising £5000 for charity.

He also gives talks throughout the UK and wrote a book in 2003 called "Life and Limb" that both tell of his story. His challenge for the future he claims is his young daughter and twins who he has had with wife, Anna Wyatt.