He Lost His Leg To Cancer At Age Of 9, But That Didn't Stop This Kerala Man From Conquering Mt Kilimanjaro

32-year-old Neeraj George Baby from Aluva in Kerala has a bucket list and he is obsessed about fulfilling them one by one, even if he doesn't have a leg to support him.

The latest to be off Neeraj's bucket list is conquering Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak in Africa, that too on crutches.

On Thursday, Neeraj posted a photo of himself on top of Kilimanjaro while holding his crutches high.

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"That's a memorable moment in my life, a five-year-old dream achieved with a lot of pain only for a reason,

Wanted to prove that differently-abled without prosthetic limbs can be free to their mind as they wish, whether you charge with GST and tax we can live our dream!," Neeraj wrote on Facebook.

Neeraj had set out to fulfill his dream on October 7 with a team of adventurers and completed the trek on Thursday.

Life has always been a challenge for Neeraj to prove to the world that nothing can come between him and his dreams.

His life changed in 1996, at the age of just nine when he was diagnosed with a tumor and had his leg amputated.

He first took up badminton as a way to keep himself fit and gradually developed a liking for the game. But he began taking it seriously and played para-badminton on national and international levels.

Neeraj also made his mark on the international scene in 2007 after he went to Scotland for studies.

In his first outing at an international para-badminton event in Tel Aviv, Israel, Neeraj bagged a bronze in doubles, which he says helped in boosting his confidence.

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Neeraj who currently works as an assistant at the Kerala Advocate General's Office has since participated in various international competitions says he hope to start an institute for para-badminton players.

It is not just sports that Neeraj has followed as a passion, an avid nature lover, he has scaled some of the highest and toughest treks in Kerala including Chembra Peak, Pakshipathalam, Ponmudi, Peechi, Ilanjippara Falls, Ilaveezhapoonchira, Illikkal Kallu, and Edakkal Caves.

Last year Neeraj scaled the Kottagudi peak in Munnar which is located at an altitude of 7200 ft to see neelakurinji, a rare flower that blooms only once in twelve years.