Matt Edwards will scale Mount Snowdon this weekend, five years after losing his leg following a traffic collision.
After that, Mr Edwards turned his life around with a newly-discovered love of keeping fit and helping others.
He added:"I created a charity called Boxing for the Brain before the pandemic and I help people who have low self-esteem, no confidence."When I got out of rehab they told me I needed a hobby to keep my mind away from drugs and alcohol and when I found boxing and punched the bag for the first time, it was an instant stress reliever.
"I knew instantly that I could help a lot of people through this and have helped a lot of people get clean, sober and even housed and even just act as a shoulder to cry on.Mr Edwards says that he always wanted to climb Snowdon and he aims to complete the hike in under six hours.He said:"Last year, my brother-in-law Callum went through a stillbirth and it broke him dramatically - it really, really affected him.
"I have an abscess on my leg at the moment so cannot use my prosthetic leg, so I will crutch myself all the way to the summit."
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