Soldier who lost legs determined to climb Kilimanjaro
Chris Zdeb, Postmedia News: Tuesday, July 5, 2011 9:19 AM
EDMONTON — When he lost both legs below the knee in an explosion while on duty in Afghanistan, Cpl. Mark Fuchko thought his life was over and there would be no more "cool things" he could do.
Three years later, the Calgary soldier is getting ready to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania on two artificial limbs.
"I'm extremely stubborn," he said in an interview Monday at Edmonton Garrison. "I want to make it to the top of this mountain and I don't care if I have to climb on all fours, with two broken artificial limbs, I will make it to the top."