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Training for Mount Kilimanjaro at 68: Sibling Summit Story | HikeStrong | Ep. 35

Training for Mount Kilimanjaro at 68: Sibling Summit Story | HikeStrong | Ep. 353 mrt55 min

How do you train for Mount Kilimanjaro at 60+ without living near mountains? Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro isn’t just about summit night — it’s about the months of preparation beforehand. In this episode, siblings Bob and Susan (both in their late 60s) share how they trained separately in completely different environments and successfully summited Kilimanjaro together. Susan lives in the Washington, D.C. area and trained using local hikes in Virginia and Maryland, treadmill work, stairs, and st...