Chris Kerr faced more challenges than most to get to the top of Africa's tallest peak, but she was adamant being a wheelchair user would not stop her.
As WA woman Chris Kerr summits the tallest peak in Africa, a celebratory cheer goes up from the team of people who surrounded her for the entire five-day climb.
To do the Kilimanjaro climb, she swapped her usual wheelchair for a newly developed trekker chair, and was pushed, pulled and lifted up the gruelling track by a team of local guides and porters.Supplied: Samille Mitchell"I thought it would feel like I hadn't done anything, because they did all the work, but I'm really proud of myself for pushing through the things I was scared to do," she said at the summit.
Chris says she faced more challenges than most people who attempt the once-in-a-lifetime feat, but is adamant they were no reason for her not to do it. "And for people to be less surprised that people with disabilities want to be out and about doing things that everyone else takes for granted.Tech eliminating barriers
While the trekker chair gave Chris the opportunity to do the climb, she says it brought its own challenges, requiring her to give up her usual independence.("I kind of had prepped for some of the physical challenges, maybe being a bit cold and a bit out of my comfort zone with sitting in a trekking chair," Chris says.
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