A quadriplegic plans to ascend the peak of a Swiss mountain by riding piggyback on a mountaineer who will get some extra muscle from a robot suit.
Seiji Uchida, 43, will take a cable car to get within striking distance of the Breithorn mountain's summit before attempting the daylong trek this August, said Shinichiro Saigo, business manager of the With Dreams organization that Uchida founded to support the expedition.
Uchida -- left paralyzed from the neck down after suffering a spinal cord injury in a 1983 traffic accident -- will make the final ascent to the 4,164-meter peak with the help of alpinist Ken Noguchi, 33, who will carry Uchida on his back with the aid of a robot known as HAL, Saigo said.