Max Stainton-Parfitt (front) with supporters and Sherpas on his way to Everest South Base Camp
My Everest
Carl Woods
UK cinemas from 27 April
IN 2018, Max Stainton-Parfitt became the first person with cerebral palsy to reach an Everest base camp on horseback. His journey is the focus of My Everest, a new documentary written and directed by Carl Woods.
When the documentary opens, Stainton-Parfitt is candid about his mission and his disability. “I’m doing this mad thing to prove people wrong,” he says. In the first few moments of …
