MORNINGTON’S Jennifer Willis became the first Australian with multiple sclerosis to summit Mount Everest. Willis is a mother-of-three, coach, speaker, educator, and climber, who completed the trek to the highest summit in the world on 19 May. She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and decided she wasn’t going to let it stop her from doing what she loved: hiking. “Everest was never a dream, but from when I was a little girl, climbing mountains was,” said Willis. “And when I was told it looked like I might have MS, which was in 2008, I made a commitment to…
Wednesday, June 24
