Wheel chair crawled to the top – Dagens Industri

Wheel chair crawled to the top

                  2016-01-25 02:14
             

The Swedish wheelchair adventurer Aron Anderson has climbed Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro.

The last bit he was forced to crawl.

It is very much about getting up very slowly, he says.

Aaron Anderson is in a wheelchair since the age of nine, when he underwent surgery for cancer . He decided early on not to let the wheelchair confine him and became the summer of 2013, the first to climb Mount Kebnekaise by wheelchair. Last year, he swam to Åland from Grisslehamn.

I like to push myself mentally. I also like to be outside and lecturing about how companies and individuals can think of to move their borders, he said.

Crutches and armcykel

On January 14, he could check off another milestone when he reached the peak of Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania, 5895 meters high.

It felt great! It was an unbelievably great feeling, it’s a very beautiful state, a fierce challenge and it was really hard at the end, he said.

To get around, he used crutches and a armcykel, which he describes as a three-wheeled mountain bike.

I crawled the last bit of the bike did not work in rough terrain. I got to use your hands and crutches and pull me up on the rocks.

fell ill

The ascent round trip took nine days. Because it is more strenuous to move around without legs, the body must acclimatize to the altitude.

I get a totally different level of effort. It’s important not to rush.

One person on the team was poor. Aaron Anderson says he discovered him hyperventilating, almost unconscious at the camp at 4700 meters altitude.

We had to send him down to the lower altitude. He has recovered now, but it was a scary incident. It gives a little perspective on the project. Although Kilimanjaro is a safe mountain there is danger, you have to be on the alert.

The ascent of Kilimanjaro also has the aim of raising money for the Children’s Cancer and has so far brought in close to 900 000.

It’s an unbelievably great feeling to be able to contribute, says Aaron Anderson.

“I climbed the last bit of the bike did not work in rough terrain. I got to use your hands and crutches and pull up on rocks. ” Wheelchair access Burne Aaron Anderson has climbed Kilimanjaro.

Aaron Anderson, 27, is from Stockholm. He is a lecturer and adventurer and a wheelchair since the age of nine.

He has climbed Kebnekaise and swam across the sea. In the future he plans include conducting a triathlon race, a so-called “Ironman” and a still-secret project.

In the spring he will also be the host of “Little Sportspegeln ‘on TV.

Sources: SVT, aronanderson.se.