Chrystel Alquivier in the( middle of )dressed in black Mountain gears at Uhuru Peak |
A ,French, tourist lady with disability has broken
a record of being the first disable woman to clinch the top of the free standing
tallest Mountain in Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro found in Tanzania.
Speaking with scribes few moment after descending down
Chrystel Alquivier said she was overwhelmed
with joy to fulfill her dream to reach the summit of Mt Kilimanjaro as her
campaign to people with disability to believe that they are able to achieve anything they
wish in life despite of their status.
“Just before we got to the top, I wanted to shout
and scream with excitement, but once we’d got there, it felt really strange.
She said that she got paralyzed when she was twenty
two years old and at that time she had
only two choices to make one being to commit suicide and die or accepting the
disability and continue with life, she chose to live to date.
She told reporters that people with disability can
do better than those without if they have confidence skills and courage to
pursue what they dream for life.
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest free-standing mountain in Africa, standing at around 19,340 feet.
Tenacious climbers have to endure farmland, forest, and Alpine moorland.
She also celebrated her birthday at Mandara point some miles before clinching the top of the free standing Mountain in the World |
Kinapa Chief park warden Lufungulo handing a certificate to Chrystel to prove that she reached the top of the Mt. |
Congratulations to Chrystel! She is an inspiration! She is not the first to summit however. Please do not forget about the courageous story of Erica Davis who was the first female paraplegic to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in 2010. http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/kilimanjaro/first-female-paraplegic-kilimanjaro
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