Mountaineer Uma Singh reaches top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, dedicates feat to Sonu Sood

Team Udayavani, Aug 19, 2021, 10:12 AM IST

Uma Singh, a mountaineer, and cyclist from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh climbed to the top of Africa’s highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. She dedicated this feat to actor and social worker Sonu Sood.

Uma Singh cycled up to the first base point of Kilimanjaro and then walked to the top.

After reaching the peak, she unwrapped a poster of Sood that read, “The real hero of India.”

Uma, who dedicated the feat to Sonu Sood said, “For the first time in my life I have met a real-life hero and I wanted to do something for him. He stood up for our country in difficult circumstances, disregarding risks to his own life. You are the real hero of our country, Sonu Sood sir, and elder brother to everyone in India.”

15th Aug.I was on top of Africa continent's highest mountain Mt. Kilimanjaro with a bicycle
To salute the man who is already on top This victory is dedicated to the only real superhero @SonuSood sir
Thank you sir for always being an inspiration
Thanks @Sadhu_Baijnath for support pic.twitter.com/XIp0KS7817

— Uma singh (@CyclistUma) August 16, 2021

Sonu Sood touched by the mountaineer’s gesture wrote, “Wowwwww. Now I can say that I have been to Mt. Kilimanjaro  So proud Uma.”

Wowwwww.
Now I can say that I have been to Mt. Kilimanjaro 😄
So proud Uma 🇮🇳 https://t.co/W6qmJthbwn

— sonu sood (@SonuSood) August 17, 2021