Martin Hibbert Mountain Trike all terrain wheelchair

Charity climb success thanks to Mountain Trike all terrain wheelchair

Martin Hibbert, who was seriously injured in the Manchester Arena bombing has completed his charity climb up Mount Kilimanjaro. Martin Hibbert from Chorley, Lancashire, was one of the closest people to the bomb to survive the 2017 blast but was left paralysed from the waist down. He used a specially-adapted wheelchair – a Mountain Trike, as he spent five days scaling Africa’s highest mountain in Tanzania. Martin’s Mountain Trike adapted and colour matched to his beloved Manchester United FC Mr Hibbert said he was “so proud” and was a “different person” now. He is raising funds for the Spinal Injury Association and hopes to get £1m. Speaking to BBC Breakfast after he got to the summit, he said: “I could just see the sign at the top, I did not know whether to laugh or cry. “It is such a relief to have get there and know we’ve done…