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Jackson set on reaching the summit

Jackson set

By BEN JAYCOCK

Adventure: Ed Jackson in training and, inset, after his injury
PICTURE: Getty Images

FORMER Bath and Dragons back row Ed Jackson is preparing for his boldest adventure yet – a world-first summit of a previously unclimbed 5,000-plus metre mountain in Kyrgyzstan that would set a new record for the highest peak climbed by a disabled person.
Next month’s expedition, titled First Ascent, is about far more than just reaching the top. Jackson, 36, who was told he might never walk again following a 2017 spinal cord injury due to jumping into the shallow en...

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