Hong Kong domestic helper recounts tears of joy upon reaching Mount Kilimanjaro summit in charity climb
Liza Avelino back in city after seven-day trek, raising money for domestic worker charity
A Hong Kong domestic worker has described how she cried with happiness after reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at the end of a charity climb.
Liza Avelino, 46, a Filipino worker who has lived in the city for more than 20 years, finished her seven-day trek up the 5,895 metre mountain, Africa’s tallest, last Friday morning.
After arriving home from Tanzania on Tuesday, she said she was still recovering from her adventure but was “really happy” she had completed her mission.
“All my friends are very proud of me,” she said. “They said it was a really great achievement. It was not easy for the last four days particularly; it got tougher and tougher.”
Before her latest trek, Avelino, from Davao City in southern Philippines, made two failed attempts to climb 6,189 metres up Island Peak, which is situated 10km away from Mount Everest, in 2015 and 2016.
