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Eleven-year old girl from Kofu , Japan, reaches Mount Kilimanjaro peak

By on September 12, 2023

Rei Banno, an 11-year-old Japanese girl has successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain.

The youngest person ever to climb the Kilimanjaro summit was Coaltan Tanner of Albuquerque, New Mexico, at age 6.1 in October 2018.  In 2020, 9-year old Guillaume Jnr Olivier became the youngest South African to have reached the peak.

The Chizu elementary school sixth grader from Kofu was able to reach the summit of the 5,895-meter mountain in Tanzania on Thursday morning  and made the descent on Friday afternoon.

 

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“I’m glad I was able to climb the mountain of my dreams and see a glacier,” Banno said in a statement released through her mother, Naomi, 49, who accompanied her.

“It was the most beautiful view I’ve ever seen.”

“I want to thank everyone who supported me,” she said.

The young climber was sponsored by businesses in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, and elsewhere.

Banno began mountaineering at the age of 4, conquering the 100 most famous mountains in Yamanashi at 6.

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