KILIMANJARO - THIS TIME WITH CRUTCHES

Mountaineer Thomas Lämmle conquered eight-thousanders like Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen. However, after a serious paragliding accident, which he barely survived, he ended up in a wheelchair. His left leg has been paralyzed ever since, leading his doctors to suspect he might never walk again.

He couldn't accept this fate, however, and began training hard while still in the hospital until he could stand on his good leg again and walk with crutches. Then he set himself a goal: to climb his beloved Kilimanjaro one more time. "And if that's only possible with crutches, then so be it," he announced.

This is the story of Thomas Lämmle's 63rd ascent of the highest mountain in Africa.