By Sarah Dean For Daily Mail Australia A man warned he would die if he attempted to climb Mount Everest has told how he defied medical advice because of a promise he made to himself when he was just 13 and confined to a wheelchair. That one day he would reach 'the top of the world'. Three months ago Multiple Sclerosis sufferer Bobby Bajram, 47, returned from the Everest Region of Nepal. Back home in Melbourne after his incredible expedition to Everest, which was thwarted by a huge avalanche, he is in pain and in and out of hospital having lost the use of his left eye and his legs.
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Bobby Bajram became the youngest Australian to be diagnosed with severe multiple sclerosis at the age of 13
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He spent 15 years in a wheelchair and was blind for five years but promised himself he would one day 'walk to the top of the world'
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The 47-year-old father attempted to climb Everest in April after four years of training
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His mission was thwarted by a huge avalanche but he still climbed the 5550 meters neighbouring peak of Kala Patthar
MS sufferer Bobby Bajram decided to climb 5550 metres to the peak of @placeholder's neighbouring mountain, Kala Patthar, after an avalanche stopped him from going to Everest in April