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Jordan Romero: Youngest Person To Climb Earth’s Seven Tallest Mountains On...
Jordan Romero On Everest's Summit Jordan Romero, a 15-year-old from Southern California, has become the youngest person to summit the seven tallest mountains on earth’s seven continents. On Dec. 24,...
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Former Province staffer ready to tackle Kilimanjaro for Alzheimer’s charity
Climbers who go to extreme highs — and we’re not talking here about choice of recreational drug — can feel disoriented as oxygen-deprivation takes its toll. This unpleasant side-effect is said to be...
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Life comes full circle before Kilimanjaro ascent
MARANGU, Tanzania — A magical symphony from the dark outside my window stirs me from my first real sleep in several days, although the clashing cacophony of the hotel’s first kitchen shift soon wins...
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Team for Kilimanjaro ascent is coming together in Africa
MARANGU, Tanzania — The Devjis came back to Marangu last night, and now our 2013 Ascent for Alzheimer’s team begins to come together. Jane Devji and her sons, Salim and Aly, are the backbone of the...
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Tomorrow we begin our ascent of Kilimanjaro
MARANGU, Tanzania —The long wait is almost over. After months of training and mental preparation, the team’s all here and tomorrow the 2013 Ascent for Alzheimer’s volunteers set off on their seven-day...
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Day 3 on Kilimanjaro: Oldest and youngest team members both experienced hikers
MAWENZI TARN, Tanzania — Day Three of our Ascent for Alzheimer’s dawned spectacularly as the sun painted Kilimanjaro’s twin peaks, Mawenzi and Kibo, glorious tones of red and orange. As our nine-member...
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Day 4 on Kilimanjaro: Making tracks for the summit
Tuesday, Oct. 1 TOWARD KIBO CAMP, Tanzania — Today we make tracks for the summit. First, we set off from Mawenzi Tarn, our campsite for the past two nights, on a six-hour trek to Kibo, from where at 11...
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At Kilimanjaro’s summit: A surprising winter wonderland
KILIMANJARO, Roof of Africa — We expected toil, sweat and grit. None of us expected a sudden snowstorm that blanketed our campsite and obliterated the trail to the summit of Africa’s highest and...
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After Kilimanjaro: All downhill from here, but Alzheimer’s team forms lasting...
TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK, Tanzania — It was all downhill from there. Even exhilaration at reaching the roof of Africa couldn’t spare our intrepid 2013 Ascent for Alzheimer’s team the agony of the long...
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Naomi Lakritz: Wave of boomers will swamp health system
I can’t tell you how many baby boomers I’ve heard say they would take cyanide first rather than go live in a long-term care home when they are elderly. Quite a few. Horror stories like that of the...
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