Cathy Blanchard and Deb White hold a state flag to honor Wyoming while at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in October. The two Park County retirees spent nine days climbing the world's fourth highest mountain from base to summit after a year of preparing, using many trips up Heart Mountain as part of their training.
POWELL - Step after step while climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, the endeavor by area residents Deb White and Cathy Blanchard was as much mental as it was physical.
For nine days the retirees pushed toward the summit on the mountain with the world's fourth highest vertical climb, cementing a lifelong bond through their adventure on the 19,340-foot behemoth.
"I had never been tested to the full extent of my physical and mental capabilities," said Blanchard, a 70-year-old making her home in the shadow of Heart Mountain.
It helped she knew her partner White, a former Cody High School science teacher, was...
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