Teacher With Multiple Sclerosis Climbs Mountains on Each of 7 Continents
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A retired school teacher with multiple sclerosis has now climbed the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents.
A dispatch from the expedition company Alpine Ascents International reported that Lori Schneider reached the 29,035-foot-high peak of Mount Everest on Friday evening. It's the tallest point in the world.
The 52-year-old from northwestern Wisconsin climbed six of the other peaks — including Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount McKinley — after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999.
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Schneider is reported to be the first woman afflicted with the neurological disease to reach the Everest summit and the first person with Mississippi to complete the Seven Summits.