August 23, 2005
Dar es Salaam : A 12-year-old American boy, Ryan Eckert, may have set a record by successfully climbing Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, last week, his guide said yesterday.
“It took the boy seven days to reach the summit,” the guide, Honest Minja, said by telephone from Moshi at the base of the famed 5 895-metre white-peaked mountain in northern Tanzania.
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I’m good friends with this family. The Father Jeff and Ryan’s older brother Jarred also finished the climb, motivated by Ryan leading them up the mountain. All three of them have their certificate. Great guys from the Houston, Tx area who are now expats in Lagos on a 4 year assignment.
Yes that is true. It was a great father-son adventure. Great bonding. Ryan did lead the way though and was the 1st to reach the summit.
Next adventure from our Nigeria base may be Mount Cameroon.
Sorry to disappoint as far as the record goes. My daughter, Kristin, climbed Kilimanjaro with me in 2004 at age 11. We have the story on our family website with photos and video. My son was 14 and my wife also made it as well.
I’ll be submitting the documentary video to an outdoor film festival this year.
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