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PHOENIX -- A group of blind climbers returned to the Valley Thursday afternoon after reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. That's 19,340 feet!
"Team Kili" reached the summit on Monday, after a year of intense training.
The eight blind climbers were helped by 17 sighted guides from the Phoenix-based non-profit organization Foundation for Blind Children.
The entire team was welcomed home by family and friends at Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix.
A press release stated that "Team Kili" broke two world records in the climb.
They were the Largest Group of Blind Climbers to Summit Mt. Kilimanjaro and had the Youngest Blind Climber to Summit Mt. Kilimanjoro. That was 12-year-old Max Ashton, the son of Foundation for Blind Children CEO, Marc Ashton.
Max said of his accomplishment, "When I got to the top it was exciting but it still hasn't really hit me that I climbed 19,340 feet."
Full details about the entire climb can be read on the group's website.
