Titanium Man completes challenge

Jamie Andrew returned to mountaineering after his accident

A quadruple amputee has completed a mammoth triathlon-length event to raise money for charity.

Jamie Andrew swam more than two miles, cycled 112 miles and ran a marathon in just under 24 hours.

The 37-year old from Edinburgh, dubbed "Titanium Man" because of his prosthetic legs, hopes the challenge will raise £50,000.

It is in aid of the 500 miles charity, which he has launched with fellow quadruple amputee Olivia Giles.

The Iron Man triathlon is considered one of the toughest feats of athletic endurance for able-bodied athletes.

It started with a dawn dip in Loch Tay, followed by a cycle from Kenmore to Falkirk, and finished with a 26.2 mile run down the Union Canal to Edinburgh.

Project funding

Mr Andrew began the gruelling event at about 0600 BST on Saturday and completed the challenge the following morning.

He lost his hands and feet following a climbing expedition in the French Alps in 1999 in which his friend, Jamie Fisher, died.

Since then he has learned to walk again, taken up skiing, run a marathon, returned to climbing and raised thousands of pounds for charity.

The Edinburgh-based 500 miles group aims to fund projects to deliver prosthetic services in parts of the world affected by war, poverty or disease.