You are watching bbc news. Martin hibbert was left paralysed from the waist down after being injured in the Manchester Arena bomb blast. But he reached the summit of kilimanjaro in an epic five day charity climb in a specially adapted wheelchair. Bbc breakfast reported on his amazing achievement. Gentle string music i wanted something that people looked and thought, hes doing what . its hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and heres a guy doing it in a wheelchair. It is a risk. Im putting my life on the line doing it. One, two. It was such a relief to get there. And know that wed done it. Just so proud, just so proud. Clapping and whooping thank you, thank you. Goodjob, goodjob, goodjob. Hello, hello, hello how are you doing . Im good, and ive got all of our stuff, as well. How are you . 0k . Martin hibbert has set himself an unbelievable challenge to climb the highest mountain in africa, kilimanjaro, in a wheelchair. In thejungle, the mightyjungle, the lion sleeps tonight. The first thing i saw when i came out was my trike, so im happy. I dont even care if i dont got underwear, as long as ive got my trike i can do it. They laugh and sing over the next five days, martin will battle his way through rainforest, volcanic desert, ice and snow to reach the summit. If you want to start ripping. Almost doesnt seem real, does it . All of those zoom calls weve had, and team calls, its mental. Its nearly three years since i went, got an idea martin is Climbing Kilimanjaro to raise money for the spinal injuries association. His Team Includes members of the charity like ollie, stuart, a trauma nurse who helped to save martins life. There we go, there we go. And steve, martins best friend, always at his side. And also remember that although we are attempting to summit, the most important thing for all of you is to get home safely. Everyone has a reason to go home, and that reason is theres nothing on the mountain that is more important than getting you home in one piece with all of your limbs back to your families. Martins family means everything to him. His wife, gabby, his mum, janice, his daughter, eve. Manchester, 2017. The Terror Attack at an Ariana Grande concert killed 22 people and left hundreds injured. Martin and his daughter, eve, were less than 20 metres away from the explosion. She was, sort of, fairly injured, you know. At the time she was 14 shell be 20 this year but you know, shes seen all of her Friends Learning how to drive, Go To University and do all of these things, and shes not been able to do that. And the fact that every time i see her she has a smile on her face its that typical hibbert mentality, you know . I just wanted to show that it is up to her, the life that she leads, and if she wants to do something then its on her to do it and to find the people that will support her to do it. Martin was hit with more than 20 pieces of shrapnel. 0ne severed his spinal cord, leaving him paralysed from the waist down. Ive always kind of wondered why we survived, being so close and things, but i think i probably. It kind of came to me when we saw kilimanjaro up close, its for this moment, you know, this is the reason why i survived, you know, to change perception on disability, to actually show if we embrace and celebrate disability, look at what we can do. We can literally climb mountains. So, yes, im just ready to smash it now, and this is where the journey begins, not ends. To get up the mountain safely, martins team has hired a group of Expert Guides. They practise manoeuvring martins trike over rough terrain. So pull back. Thats it. Hes doing good. The team are doing good, very good, picking it up very quickly. They understand what they need to do. Were going to swap teams now, see how the next team gets on. It is good to do this just so they get a feel for it, albeit i know its going to be a lot tougher than this. Singing and clapping absolutely amazing, im honestly buzzing. I feel very emotional, and, like, literally two years of my life is. Im so ready for it all of the training, the team around us, my friends, the nurses that saved my life. Yeah, its amazing, absolutely amazing. And a bit of a song and dance there, as well, so im nice and warm now. See you in a bit woohoo one, two were going to go through all emotions, arent we . But, you know, thats been my life for the last five years. The climb starts in dense rainforest. Big step. Lift from there and there as well. 0k. For the big step. 0k. Almost immediately, there are hazards to overcome. If anybody needs to stop, just say. Right, one, two, three, down. Hang on. Has the brake come off . No, the brake is off. Coming down in one, two, three. There we go. You all right, steve . Yes, im all right. Were down good job, good job. Cheering have we got any wd iio or anything . As i say, the brakes are. Well get some in there. One, two, three. When i came up with this crazy idea and they said, get a team together. I thought, i am crazy enough to do it but who else . Obviously my best mates, the nurses that looked after me at the salford royal. You know, a lot of these people have seen me at my worst. Singing photographer maximum group maximum photographer respect group respect photographer oggy, oggy, oggy group oi, oi, oi everything that i wanted, you know, when abedi wanted to destroy that five years ago, so what a perfect reflection for doing this together with the people that saved my life. Theres no better message. Chanting he is doing very well and he is looking forward to smashing it, and according to my experience, i am sure hes going to make it to the top with the support of a strong team, great team, and he keeps smiling always and he enjoys it. This experience is absolutely fantastic, and to see what martins doing for people with spinal cord injuries, just showing everyone how you can live a fulfilled life isjust inspirational, so its great. Go, martin team go, kilimanjaro i think one of my Shrapnel Wounds is rubbing. Is it . Can you just have a look at it . Availing you . Yeah, it does look a bit angry. Thats the one, yeah . I know it sounds really dodgy, but would you just itch it, just, like, really gentle . 0h. Oh, yeah this is a friendship youll never break. I know. Im filling in the gaps for the stuff that martin cant do himself, in effect. Im just going to put some sunscreen on it, just to sort of lubricate it a bit. Have a look at the one on the right, as well. Im making sure his skin is good, cos if he ends up with Pressure Damage or Moisture Damage or shearing damage, like, that could end this whole thing in one go. Oh, yeah. Yeah, lifelong friendships are being formed across the board, which is fantastic. Adversity brings this sort of thing out in people and its something i will treasure and take home with me. Do you want it tucked in orjust pushed down . Just pushed down is fine. Rain falls put this poncho on. Yeah, just right over there. The weather changes. Its cold and wet, and the team are starting to struggle. Singing been thinking a lot about the people who are here. Ive been thinking. Ive been thinking a lot about what it means i i to the charity that i work for, l and how hard everybodys worked to get here. People with Spinal Cord Injury are so underrepresented and so misunderstood, | so people think that its a generic term that youve got a Spinal Cord Injury, the biggest problem you have is that you cant walk. Thats not true. Its your bowel, its your bladder, its your skin. I and thats what Sia Advocate For advocate for a fulfilled. Life of your choosing for anyone with a Spinal Cord Injury, and thats what Martins Mountain is all about. Got some paracetamol. I do i need any ibuprofen . As the rain continues to fall, theres a worry martins best friend steve is in trouble. Get down safe, yeah . He has altitude sickness, headaches, shortness of breath, nausea. Hes advised to head back down the mountain. Its been my one worry, but, yeah, im gutted. Gutted for him. Give me two minutes. Look after yourself. But i know, like, he wanted to do this for his wife who passed away a couple of years ago, so. Hell be gutted. How is everybody this morning . Have you seen everybody . I think theres a lot of trepidation in camp, would be the best way to describe it. You are out of your comfort zone by a good few vertical metres at this point. Yeah morning, ladies ooh, ladies i said automatically because i saw that morning. The other ones got a lift, so we canjust pull the salopettes through. 0k. All right. So im going to get under your arms and pull you forward. Stus going to give him a hoik. One, two, three. Thats better. Yep, were on. Is that better, martin . Good. There you go. I forgot about brekkie losing steve has hit the team hard, but they are determined to keep going. Martin. Mountain well done its tiring. 0h everybodys doing| really, really well. This is tough. Were going at a good pace,. Everybodys sticking together. Martin is now almost 15,000 feet up. Hes heading to kibo hut, the last camp before the summit. Each member of the team has their own way of keeping themselves going. Im proud of you, dad. We all love you. Keep going. All the hard work will pay off. I love you loads. From zac. He made it for me for summit night and if it got tough. Thats what i will use thats my motivation. Phew. Right, we need to move laughter give me five minutes. Getting this far up the mountain is a remarkable achievement. Martins. Mountain dont write off somebody � cause theyre in a wheelchair. Look at what they can do when theyve got the right help and support. They can climb mount kilimanjaro. Chanting maximum respect hopefully it just shows everybody that with the right help and support, you know, disabled people can literally do anything they want to do. Hopefully, people see that and embrace disability and not turn their back on it. So, theres a long way to go, but hopefully, doing this has highlighted just how important, you know, help and support is. So, congratulations. You made it to kipo hut yay applause. And just the last little challenge of a very short 7km hike to the summit. Nice and easy. A final team meeting. Its decided for Safety Reasons that the team will split up and attempt to get to the top in different groups. Everyone has tojust find their pace. Dont try and keep up. With people, otherwise you definitely will not get to the top, and if at any point you get tapped on the shoulder and told that you need to go i down the mountain, you will be taken down the mountain. If you need help tomorrow, if youre tired, if youre cold, if youre finding things hard, just askl for help, ok. Theres lots of stuff. We can do to help you, but only if you tell us. So proud of you. Love you. Your little boy thats. Whats more important. Just a short while later, chris starts to feel unwell. He is told to head back down. Sobbing martin has now lost two key members of his team. Ascent day, and martin sets off in the dark. He is attempting to get to the top with the Expert Guides who have supported him all the way up. As he battles the mountain, martin is thinking about his family his daughter, eve, his wife, gabby, and his mum, janice, who Died In November Last year. He has brought some of her ashes to spread at the top. Cheering martin has made it to gilman� s point, one of the three official summits at the top of kilimanjaro. Goodjob, goodjob, goodjob there is the briefest celebration, some photos, and then a moment martin will neverforget. Weve done it, were at the top of kilimanjaro. I said when my mum passed away in november, and i know she was immensely proud. I said she was going to be with me, and she is, so ijust said, when i got the top of kilimanjaro, id spread some ashes, play ourfavourite tune, so im going to do that now. Sniffing so, its the carpenters, for all we know. This is for you, mum. That was a very special moment, and to play that music as well, which is a very special song, between me and my mum. Im getting emotional now he sobs sorry love you, mum. Singing the team meet up for a final farewell. It is a joyous celebration, a thank you, and a goodbye. Singing i said wed all come back as different people and i certainly will do, just the love and like that. Them just. Like, just, yeah, ill definitely be a different person now going home, and i think everyone else will be as well. Singing yeah, so, thank you from my heart, and to everybody, thank you. Honestly, its been amazing, and weve all been a team, and a bit of my heart is going to be left here, i think. So, yes, a thank you to everybody. Everybody. Thank you. Applause on three. Martins. Mountain from a single Act Of Violence and the 22 we lost, the hundreds, Maybe Thousands who still pay a daily cost, there comes choirs, there comes music, there comes campaigns, there comes stories, there come glades of light, and daily fights, and love in all its glory. There comes martin in his wheelchair with just one thing on his mind and dream, believe, achieve, he says, and onwards, forwards, climb, and with Northern Bloody Mindedness and crazy as this sounds, well raise hope, well raise awareness, we will raise a million pounds. Those who saw him at his lowest, at the very gates of hell, those who stitched him back together and said, youre mad. Well climb as well. From a base camp, on a bomb site, this is wheelchair vs volcano. Yes, its rough and, yes, its tough, but martins often heard to say theyll climb for dignity, humanity, for all like me who say believe in us achieving, we climb mountains every day. And over rock and over rivers and through heat and sheeting rain and through blood and sweat and fears and through sickness and through pain, over boulders, aching shoulders, something holds us. Through the snow, something in us, deep within us, we dig in and on we go. And he made it to the summit and united with his mum, and he raised a flag to manchester, with, look, mum, what ive done and to those who would divide us, who spread hatred all around, this is love can conquer mountains and hes never coming down. And its strong and it can catch us, it can lift us to the top, and martin, hesjust starting, and hes never gonna stop. From a single Act Of Violence comes a simple act of love. We rise, we rise, we rise, we rise, we rise. We rise above. Hello there. The weather is going to stay mild through the rest of today, tonight and for Christmas Day as well for most, although it is going to stay pretty cloudy. Now, earlier on this morning, clare spotted some of these wave clouds over the skies in cumbria. They� re kelvin helmholtz clouds. Satellite picture picks up the extensive cloud that we have across the country, thickest of which is across the north west. Thats where were seeing some fairly heavy bursts of rain working in at the moment. But the winds are coming in from a south westerly direction, pumping this mild flow of air across pretty much all of the uk. Now we do have rain around. The rain is turning quite heavy at the moment in northern ireland, and it will continue to get heavier in Western Scotland as well over the next few hours. One or two showers elsewhere across parts of england and wales. But overnight we get a band of rain that pushes its way eastwards for a time. Overnight, therell be more rain to come then for northern ireland, West Scotland and the north west of both england and wales. So rain on and off for quite a few of you. Temperatures holding up at around 5 9 degrees celsius heading into Christmas Day. So it will be a mild start to the day, and with low pressure staying to the north of the uk, well continue to have South Westerly Winds across most parts of the country. So its going to be a mild day for most of you. Now, there will be some bursts of rain around on christmas, the wettest weather always likely across western areas. A few bright or sunny spells breaking through across central and eastern areas. But as this band of rain slips its way across scotland, well start to get some colder air working in here. And towards the end of the day, into the evening time, yes, you could see some wintry showers, maybe a little bit of snow mixed in. So for one or two of you, a White Christmas is possible, then it turns colder as we head through christmas night, cold enough for frost and some icy patches. And heading into boxing day, well, there certainly will be some snow around across parts of scotland, in particular with accumulations, one to three centimetres at low levels. But over the hills, 5 10 centimetres possible, with blizzard conditions. There will be a few showers elsewhere, mind you, and it will be a blustery and a cooler feeling day, boxing day. Temperatures struggling to get much above freezing in parts of scotland, but otherwise about 4 9 celsius. Now, beyond that, the Weather Patterns look very unsettled as we head from christmas towards new year. And it turns very windy, particularly towards wednesday, with gales or maybe even some severe gales around. Died this is bbc news welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. Im christian fraser. Our top stories. 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