Bilateral Amputee Summits Kilimanjaro, Inspires All

0:00It's March 20th. Here's your entertainment news in two minutes. Mandy Horvath, a 32-year-old bilateral amputee, made history by summoning Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2021, becoming the first two. Do so without prosthetic legs. The new documentary The Ascent, which follows her record-breaking climb, just premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival. Seven years earlier, at age 21, Horvath's drink was spiked during a night out in Nebraska, leading to a tragic accident where a train severed. Both her legs, she fell into deep depression and a victim mindset, feeling the world owed her something. That changed after moving to Colorado in 2016. She tackled the men into Incline and Pike's Peak, both without prosthetics, marking her as the first bilateral amputee to complete them. Those climbs sparked her dream of Kilimanjaro. Her training was brutal, intense workouts, a paleo diet, and thousands of arm dips,

1:00plus over 50 pairs of gloves to protect her hands. On the mountain, hand injuries forced a rest day midway, but after six days of grueling hikes, she reached Uhuru Peak. Now engaged and set to marry in June, Horvath recently became the first bilateral amputee, on naked and afraid, surviving 21 days in Belize. The Ascent captures her triumphs, showing how perseverance can turn pain into purpose for anyone facing their own mountains.