Climber with no legs takes on Mt. Kilimanjaro

July 18, 2012 4:24 PM

Spencer West was born with a genetic defect that made his legs useless, so much that doctors ultimately amputated them at the hip. As Scott Pelley reports, his disability never broke his spirit or stopped him from climbing to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro for a charity.

For legless climber, summiting Kilimanjaro proof that anything is possible

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