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Mount Kilimanjaro in northeast Tanzania is pictured from above. (Courtesy Paul Shaffner)
December 15, 2019
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December 15, 2019 4 a.m.
Lakeside paraplegic aims to summit Mount Kilimanjaro
Some say Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest peak on the African continent, earned its name from a Bantu phrase meaning “we failed to climb it.”