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A Longer Journey but the Mission is the Same: Finish the Story

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  "If the going is tough and the pressure is on, if the reserves of strength have been drained and the summit is still not in sight, then the quality to seek in the person is neither great strength nor quickness of hand, but rather a resolute mind firmly set on its purpose that refuses to let its body slack or rest." The above is a quote from Edmund Hillary, one of the first people to climb Mount Everest in 1953. While I may be climbing a different and smaller mountain in Mount Kilimanjaro, the challenge will be the same.  It is that quote I wanted to start this blog post off with following the challenges over the last few weeks.  As many of you know through reading this blog and/or having conversations with me,  I had intended to climb Kilimanjaro in June 2024, however due to the tour operator no longer being able to fulfill that trip, I now need to find a new tour operator so that I can climb Kilimanjaro as soon as possible, with an initial target date of September or Octob