A paraplegic climb the Mount Fuji

I once read an article about a young man who was paraplegic and who managed to climb the Mount Fuji, despite of his handicap. After a little research, I found out informations about this feat, and so I have chosen to speak about this fact because I think this guy is really courageous.

His name is Keegan Reilly. He’s only 22, and he lost the use of his legs in a car crash, years ago. He studies informatics in Oregon, and went to Japan in order to climb the Mount Fuji, which is a famous mountain at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). Many people are going there to climb it by foot, but Keegan Reilly managed to clamber up the mount in wheelchair and without any help. His wheelchair was special and made-to-measure to make easier the rising.

After managed the climbing, he said he was very proud of his feat and he hoped it will be an inspiration for other persons.

Mount Fuji

1 : introduction

Hello !

My name is Sandrine D’Agostino, I’m 18 and I study literature at the Université Stendhal in Grenoble.

I’m from Annecy, in Savoie, and I go back there on the week end to see my family. I’ve got one brother, named Stephane, who works in a food store. He’s 25 years old and he lives in a flat close to my parent’s house. My mother’s name is Chantal, she works at La poste, and my father’s name is Vincent, he works in his own little company.

I want to be a journalist since I was in high school, and I’m very interested in cinema so my wish is to be a film reviewer. I’m also a music enthusiastic, and I particularly like rock n’ roll, folk, country, and the underground culture of the 70’es. I don’t practice any sport, but I play the billiard at home… I enjoy travelling, but I often go to the same place (most of the time in Italy) so I really would like to go further away, for example to the US, especially in Arizona or in Wisconsin.

And I think there’s no more thing I can say about myself… So I stop now :)