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8-year-old eager to climb any mountain
Schools & Kids, posted by Editor, Pleasanton Weekly Online, on Aug 5, 2011 at 10:24 pm

Kipling Van Horn, 8, beat the heat last Sunday by going mountaineering on Mount Shasta's notorious Avalanche Gulch Route. This was his third attempt at summiting the 14,162-foot mountain, since 2009. He made it to 12,800 feet when high winds and a whiteout prevented continuing to the summit.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, August 5, 2011, 4:09 PM

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Posted by Cease Family, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood, on Aug 5, 2011 at 10:24 pm

Kip, you are amazing!!

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