A New Jersey man who has been in a wheelchair since 2017 due to a neurological disease is set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, ...

Imagine crossing an ocean and a continent, then climbing more than 19,000 feet above sea level and finding something from your hometown.

Africa is renowned for its big wildlife, even bigger rivers and, perhaps surprisingly, its big mountains, with Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains the continent’s three highest points.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa and one of the Seven Summits, a group of mountains that consist of the highest peaks on each of the seven continents.

A man in New Jersey who uses a wheelchair is scheduled to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa on September 7, thanks to his ...