Look: Ashley Judd shares photos of her walking in the Alps after severely injuring leg in 2021

Ashley Judd is hiking in the Alps more than two years after suffering a severe leg injury in Africa. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
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Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Actress Ashley Judd has shared on Instagram photos of her hiking the Alps in Switzerland two years after suffering a serious leg injury while traveling in Africa.

"Walking. Switzerland. After 5 breaks in right leg, a paralyzed foot, possible amputation, all while hemorrhaging, my leg and I have come far in 2.5 years since my accident in Democratic Republic of Congo," Judd, 55, captioned Saturday's photo gallery.

Ashley Judd arrives on the red carpet for the 90th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles in 2018. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Ashley Judd arrives on the red carpet for the 90th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles in 2018. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

"We came far up these Alps, for the sheer joy of it, confidently. Ongoing gratitude of profound proportions to the Congolese who saved me, and the surgeons, neurologist, and physical therapist who set me up for this stunning recovery. How are you celebrating your blessings? #switzerland #ch #ticino #congo."

Judd was in Africa in February 2021 to research the endangered ape species, the Bonobos, when she tripped over a tree and broke her leg in multiple places.

Salma Hayek (R) and Ashley Judd attend the 19th annual InStyle and Warner Brothers Golden Globes After-Party at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2018. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI
Salma Hayek (R) and Ashley Judd attend the 19th annual InStyle and Warner Brothers Golden Globes After-Party at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2018. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI

She underwent an eight-hour surgery in a South African hospital and spent months in intensive physical therapy.

The Kiss the Girls and Divine Sisters of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood star also lost her mother, country music star Naomi Judd, to suicide at the age of 76 in 2022.

Ashley Judd arrives on the red carpet at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City in 2015. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Ashley Judd arrives on the red carpet at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City in 2015. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI