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 Brother and sister climb mountain

This is Sherry
with her brother Wayne
on July 4.
They are on top
of Mt. Rundle.
It is near Banff.


Sherry has
muscular dystrophy.
Her legs are very weak.
Wayne and his friends
carried Sherry
up the mountain
in a backpack.


Sherry said,
“This is very, very special.
I will never, ever
forget this day.”


2008 update


  • Sherry lives in Ottawa
    with her partner.
    They like to go boating
    on the Ottawa River.


  • For their next trip,
    Wayne and Sherry
    are going on a tall ship.


This article first appeared in the October 2003 issue of English Express.

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