Bonner Paddock is the first person with cerebral palsy to conquer Mt. Kilimanjaro unassisted.
On the night of the teams summit attempt, the temperature was 40 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit).
The director Kent Bassett, cinematographer Jeff Dolen, and producer Mitchell McIntire had to sleep each night with camera and sound equipment stuffed into their sleeping bags to prevent anything from being frozen.
Producer Mitchell McIntire suffered from pulmonary edema on summit night.
All of the climbers paid their own way to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.