Climber makes Kilimanjaro appeal to Taoiseach

A CLIMBER is appealing to Taoiseach Enda Kenny to directly intervene after the authorities thwarted his attempts to become the fastest man to scale Africa’s highest mountain.

Ian McKeever was expecting to set off on his record-breaking attempt up the 5,895m-high Mount Kilimanjaro this morning, after several days of intense preparations.

But his hopes were dashed when he was prevented from returning to his set-off point – at the foot of the so-called Rongai route — after a practice run to the summit camp on Saturday.