We call her Kili
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We Call Her Kili New Year’s Day of 2012, was the departure day for a group of cancer survivors and caregivers to travel to Tanzania, Africa. While there, the 19 cancer survivors and 21 caregivers would attempt to climb Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. These men and women were well aware of the challenge before them. Climbing Kilimanjaro is a difficult trek for healthy, young climbers. The anticipated six day climb would be through rain forest, over barren rock, and up some of the steepest and most difficult non-technical climbing in the world. The cancer survivors on this trip were from 33 to 73 years old and many of them bore the scars of surgeries, radiation, and other forms of treatment. This is the story of the eldest of these survivors.
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We Call Her Kili New Year’s Day of 2012, was the departure day for a group of cancer survivors and caregivers to travel to Tanzania, Africa. While there, the 19 cancer survivors and 21 caregivers would attempt to climb Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. These men and women were well aware of the challenge before them. Climbing Kilimanjaro is a difficult trek for healthy, young climbers. The anticipated six day climb would be through rain forest, over barren rock, and up some of the steepest and most difficult non-technical climbing in the world. The cancer survivors on this trip were from 33 to 73 years old and many of them bore the scars of surgeries, radiation, and other forms of treatment. This is the story of the eldest of these survivors.
About the Author
David W. Bartemes (Dave) graduated from West Virginia State University in 1961, with a BA in Political Science and English. After a stint in the military he entered technical sales with a major controls company, and was transferred to Des Moines, Iowa, as a Branch Manager in 1977. He retired from the control business in 1991. In addition to sales and management positions in business, he worked as an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities for 9 years. Currently, he and his family manage a tree farm in southern Iowa. Dave and his wife, Cora Perrine, have been married for 51 years and have three sons, all married, and nine grandchildren. He is a Permanente Deacon (retired) in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines. As a deacon he has ministered to incarcerated men and women for more than 25 years.