Martin Hibbert suffered a severed spinal cord from shrapnel in the bombing but has vowed to 'move mountains' for disabled people by raising £1m.
Martin Hibbert suffered a severed spinal cord from shrapnel in the bombing but has vowed to"move mountains" for disabled people by raising £1m.A man left paralysed in the Manchester Arena bombing has reached the summit of Africa's highest mountain in his wheelchair as he aims to raise £1m for charity.
Martin Hibbert, 45, launched his mission to scale Mount Kilimanjaro because he wanted to"move mountains" for disabled people. Mr Hibbert, from Chorley, Lancashire, and his daughter Eve, then aged 14, were six metres away from suicide bomber Salman Abadi when he detonated his device five years ago last month.
Mr Hibbert suffered a severed spinal cord from shrapnel in the bombing which left 22 dead and hundreds injured.He reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro this weekend with the aid of a personal team of helpers and local guides and porters.They broke into singing and dancing after a gruelling trek to the top of the 5,685m high snow-capped summit in Tanzania.
Mr Hibbert said:"I could just see the sign at the top. I didn't know whether to laugh, cry... it was such a relief to get there and know that we had done it. Something I will always remember. Just so proud.
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