A blind Bay Area woman is planning to hike to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro with two friends as guides.

Kristie Colton, a Harvard graduate, already knows how to snowboard and has completed the Boston Marathon.

A Bay Area woman with degenerative blindness is set to ascend Mount Kilimanjaro with her closest friends as guides in October.

The strenuous feat is expected to be just the latest accomplishment for the never-say-quit Harvard graduate who has learned to snowboard and completed the Boston Marathon

At age 9, Kristie Colton was diagnosed with Stargardt disease — a genetic condition that affects the central portion of the retina and leads to gradual vision loss. School teachers noticed that she was resigned and unresponsive in class as she concealed her vision symptoms as best she cou

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