90-year-old Eritrean American climbs Mount Kenya

90-year-old Eritrean American climbs Mount Kenya one of the major Tourist attraction in East Africa region.

Climbing mountains is a dangerous and strenuous sport.

However, things have continued as usual for Naizghi Gebremedhin, a 90-year-old American Eritrean.

Africa’s tallest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, which has an elevation of roughly 5,895 meters, was previously scaled by Naizghi.

He reached the summit.

Naizghi climbed the majority of Mount Kenya, Africa’s second-highest mountain, on his birthday earlier this month.

It was his fourteenth visit to the about 5,199-meter-high Mount Kenya.

Naizghi claimed that there was no better location for him to enjoy his particular day.

“We decided we’ll celebrate up on the top of Mount Kenya instead of in my bedroom down here in this garden in Nairobi,” he said to VOA during a Skype chat.

The hiker reported reaching the third-highest point, around 5,000 meters, via hiking.

“The point that regular people like me can approach,” he stated.

For what reason did he do it?

“The purpose was to show that, even at this advanced age, you can still prepare yourself in a fairly straightforward manner and succeed,” he stated.

“Growing older is not a drawback; in some ways, it can even be a blessing, but you have to try to plan for it.”

Naizghi was the dean of the Building College, one of the colleges that made up Addis Ababa University’s Faculty of Technology.

Additionally, he assisted Eritrea in getting Asmara listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Naizghi claimed to walk 10,000 steps a day or more and to workout regularly.

“I perform what they call press-ups, press-ups and various stretches, and it has greatly aided me.”

When asked about the difficulties of descending from the peak, he admitted that it was more difficult than climbing.

The descent proved to be an enormous difficulty. I asked my guide again, “Where are we now?” Are we getting near now?

Naizghi stated that he plans to “continue moving,” although he is unsure if he would make another climb.

“I think I might not be able to climb again, but I’ll keep going as long as God gives me more years to live,” he remarked.

“I’ll keep moving forward. However, this kind of intense exercise—getting up from 5,000 [meters] and covering 600–700 meters in less than five [or] six hours—is extremely taxing on the knees and muscles, the speaker continued.

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