An all-disabled mountaineers' ascent of Pico de Orizaba, 5700m, also known as the Mountain of the Star - Mexico's highest peak and North America's 3rd highest mountain
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David Lim
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Archived Expeditions of
David Lim and friends
ASCENT 8000: Climbs in Spring 2002 on Shishapangma (8046m) and Cho Oyu (8201m) by disabled climber David Lim
Summit climb of Mera Central Peak 6461m, March 2002. Warming up for two 8000m peaks
Climbing Mt Ararat, 5165m in Turkey, August 2001 - a rare and special climb up Turkey's legendary mountain.

Left: Faye Lee happy and triumphant on the top

The Singapore-Latin American Everest Expedition in 2001 to the north ridge, Tibet. Join David and friends on a day to day account of a spectacular international expedition and its dramatic conclusion
Chile, Jan 2001. Gil, David, Jorge and TingSern worked out on Cerro Plomo and Ojos Del Salado
Tien Shan, Jul 2000. David, Wilfred and Roz with the CLIMB 2000 team training on Bayankol and Karly Tau peaks in Kazakstan
Feb 2000. David and Wilfred make the first all-Singapore ascent of Aconcagua (6962m) via the Polish Traverse and in alpine-style
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The Team
David Lim, 38:
Owns a business specialising in leadership and motivational seminars.

David suffered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome ( GBS ) in 1998 and is now partially disabled in his left hand and both legs. His right leg below the knee is non-functional. Singapore's most prolific mountaineer with climbing experience on steep ice, alpine routes, big wall and expeditionary climbs. Amongst his 40 alpine ascents and climbs worldwide are

Everest 1998 - Leader, 1st Singapore expedition, Southeast Ridge
Everest 2001 - Leader, Singapore-Latin American expedition, North Ridge

David has summitted on many major expeditions, some of which were:

Aconcagua-,6962m, 2000. 1st all-Singapore ascent of highest peak of the Americas,
Dhaulagiri VII, 7246m, 1996. 1st 7000m summitted by a Singapore team
Cho Oyu, 8201m, 1997. 1st 8000m peak summitted by a Singapore team

David also currently runs the Central Singapore CDC Youth Adventure Programme, From 1999 - 2000, he administered the CLIMB 2000 national mountaineering programme.

He is Singapore’s first professional mountaineer.


Wong Ting Sern, 44
Works as a technical manager in an airline company. Ting Sern is partially disabled from infant cerebral palsy and affected by loss of hearing, a speech impediment and balance problems. Despite his serious physical shortcomings, Mr Wong’s climbs have included:

Mount McKinley, 6194m, 1982. USA. First Singapore ascent of North America's highest peak
Mount Foraker 1982 Infinite Spur, a technical route on a challenging Alaskan peak ( USA ),
Naya Kanga, 5846m, 1995. Langtang region, Nepal
Khatung Kang, 6400m, 1996. An expedition peak in central-west Nepal
Cholatse, 6443m, 1998. A difficult, technical peak in the Everest region, Nepal
Everest 2001 - technical officer of the Singapore-Latin American Everest expedition. Ting Sern integrated a satellite communication solution for the team and helped maintain it and sent regular online dispatches during the expedition

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