To celebrate his 80th birthday on December 8, Prakash Harripersadh wants to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro.The pensioner, from Redhill, Effingham, started mountaineering in 2005 at age 60.To date, locally ...

So, he hatched a plan that would become one of the purest adventure tales in history: break out of camp, climb Mt Kenya, and break back in again. Bonkers? Absolutely. Dangerous? Insanely so.

Soaring upwards from the Tanzania-Kenya border, Kilimanjaro is Africa ... The best times to climb Mount Kilimanjaro are during the dry seasons, which is between January to March and from June ...

From there, he pivoted to a love of outdoor sports. In 2000, Henderson led an all-Black climbing group to the top of Mount Kenya. The experience was transformative — he was leading not only a ...