Already the world’s first person to receive stoma surgery via single-site keyhole surgery, North Devon triathlete and adventurer Caroline Bramwell is now set to become the first person with a stoma to complete the Everest Base Camp trek combined with the Everest Marathon on 29 May.
Ilfracombe based Caroline Bramwell, who is one of the Fearless women in TV Presenter Louise Minchin's book 'Fearless: Adventures with Extraordinary Women', is preparing to add a second ‘world first’ to her name at the end of this month by completing the Everest Marathon, the world’s highest marathon held at 5,364 metres above sea level, after a week-long trek to Everest Base Camp, with a stoma. But her remarkable record-breaking story began long before she reached the Himalayas.
Having spent years living with debilitating Ulcerative Colitis, leaving her housebound and hospitalised, she became the first person in the world to undergo stoma surgery using single-site keyhole...
