Those using the prosthetic can walk as fast as those with intact lower limbs
), he was a promising rock climber. But after being trapped in a blizzard during a climb at age 17, he lost both his legs below the knee to frostbite. Since then he has worked on creating prosthetic legs that would work and feel like the real thing. He appears to have succeeded.describe seven people with below-the-knee amputations who can now walk normally with the help of surgery and new robotic prostheses.
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