Biel Sobbed Atop Kilimanjaro

15 January 2010

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Jessica Biel was so emotional after reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on Tuesday (12Jan10), she broke down in tears.

The actress climbed to the top of the 19,340-foot-high (5,895-metre) Tanzanian peak for the Summit on the Summit Kilimanjaro campaign with a team of celebrities, including actor Emile Hirsch and rapper Lupe Fiasco.

And the 27 year old was so exhausted after six days of climbing that she sobbed when the group made it to the mountaintop, according to her fellow hiker, United Nations Foundation executiveE280A8 Elizabeth Gore.

The temperature was zero degrees and somany people were struggling

Gore tells People.com, "IE280A8 walked over to Jessie and gave her abig hug. The two of us embraced andE280A8 we just cried. Every singleone of us was in absolute tears. The temperature was zero degrees and somany people were struggling. People had hurt limbs, people had altitude sickness".

But Gore admits making their way back was also a struggle, adding "TheE280A8 way down is so steep. And we had ice, so you're steppingE280A8sideways, trying not to slip. And we hit big boulders, so we had toE280A8 hop-skip. We had major knee issues".

After their triumph, the climbers celebrated by indulging in a warm meal at a local restaurant in Arusha, Tanzania on Wednesday evening (13Jan10).

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