Kilimanjaro climb July 25, 2010
Shawnee Dispatch Sports Editor Chris Wristen climbed Mount Kilimanjaro June 6-12 in Tanzania.
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Mount Kilimanjaro towers over a nearby village in Tanzania. Kilimanjaro stands 19,341 feet high and is the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Trekkers climb over large boulders along a segment of trail during the climb up Mount Kilimanjaro.
Shawnee Dispatch Sports Editor Chris Wristen catches a view high above his campsite (bottom right) and high above the clouds on day three of his weeklong trek on Mount Kilimanjaro.
Shawnee Dispatch Sports Editor Chris Wristen stands near the sign marking the Uhuru Peak summit, the highest point in Africa, on June 11. Wristen recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which stands 19,341 feet high and is the highest free-standing mountain in the world.
Shawnee Dispatch Sports Editor Chris Wristen (blue coat) and his fellow climbers reached the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at about 7 a.m. on June 11, 2010.
The climbing team and support staff celebrate at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro on June 11, 2010.
Glaciers still exist on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
A colobus monkey lounges on a branch in the rainforest on the lower slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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