Kelly Perkins, a 45-year-old Californian is a climber with another’s heart beating in her chest. She has added a dangerous free climb in the Andes to a string of mountaineering feats. She is the first person to climb the Matterhorn, Mount Fuji and Mount Kilimanjaro. She had the heart transplant in November 1995. About 10 months after her operation; she hiked up the backside of Half Dome peak in Yosemite National Park, a 4,100-foot ascent up to the 8,842-foot elevation. Perkins went to the top of Japan’s Mount Fuji in 1998, Tanzania’s Kilimanjaro in 2001 and Switzerland’s Matterhorn in 2003. She used ropes in 2005 to ascend Yosemite’s El Capitan – 3,000 feet up the granite monolith. Her husband Criag, had been a great support throughout. For every major mountain climbed since her transplant, he gave her another atop the ‘Charmed Heart’ route. Argentine guide Ramiro Calvo, A Boulder, Colo.-based documentary filmmaker, Michael Brown joined Perkins and her husband. She had backpack jammed with prescription drugs, medical supplies and a blood-pressure monitor. Thinner levels of oxygen at base camp of 10,000 feet made it difficult for Perkins. The altitude forced her to stop frequently to catch her breath and let her heart rest but nothing could bring down her gusto of hitting the highest point.