Happy, but also at a loss for words. That’s how Jude Jackson relates his feelings after having summited Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, the highest peak in Africa.
He was on the trip of a lifetime, accompanied by his parents, Shannon and Aubrey Jackson of Williams Lake, B.C.
The last of five children to be living in the family home, Jude’s parents wanted to celebrate with their son as he entered the 12th grade and inched closer to life on his own.
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