NEW JERSEY — When an individual is set, nothing is out of attain.
That is why Jeff Harmon and his associates from Health, Fellowship and Religion (known as F-3) are coaching for a trek up one of many world’s tallest mountain peaks.
“I have been in a wheelchair since 2017 due to a neurological illness. And I began to surprise, might I climb a mountain?” Harmon stated.
What a mountain he selected! Harmon plans to scale Tanzania’s Mount Kilimanjaro, which soars over 19,000 ft.
This will likely be no small feat. He is a part of a bunch known as “Extra Coronary heart Than Scars” that helps these with disabilities attain the very best heights.
“So, as I began speaking to my associates at that group, they stated to me, Jeff, if you wish to climb Kilimanjaro, you can do it,” he stated.
Harmon and his F3 crew went to work.
“I’m extraordinarily wanting ahead to it. Fourteen months into the coaching proper now, and so we have had the date circled for some time and the thrill simply retains constructing,” Luke Iorio stated.
The climb begins on September 7. It is going to take 4 days to achieve the height of Kilimanjaro. So meaning Harmon and his crew should be prepared for the grueling activity. Harmon places in vigorous exercises.
“He climbs the ropes. He does pull-ups. He does his personal model of burpees. It is fairly spectacular to look at,” coach Jamie Voit stated.
The members of F-3 push the boundaries to prepare. Harmon’s group is named “My Unimaginable Makes Each Dream Potential.”
“What I’d say to people who find themselves in my footwear, who’ve an inconceivable of their life, is you might be able to a lot greater than you would possibly consider proper now,” Harmon stated.
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