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At Same Time, Kilimanjaro Lured

SUNY President, Cooperstown Teen

“What are the odds that two people living in Otsego County both climbed Mount Kilimanjaro (“The Roof of Africa) in the same week?“ Cooperstown’s Jeanette Weldon asked in sending this photo of her son, Will, and his team reaching the same summit. SUNY Oneonta President Barbara Jean Morris reached the summit July 29; Will, son of Jeanette and Bill Weldon, was there on July 19, just 10 days before. Will, an incoming CCS junior, is in the center of the photo under the word “Tanzania,” holding the American flag. He was with a group from Moondance Adventures.

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