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84-year-old man seeks to break Guinness World Record in Matiba’s honour

Naigzy Gebremedhin, 84 years, during interview on 30th July 2018 in Westlands Nairobi. Gebremedhin will hike Mount Kenya and hoping to set a record as old man ever to climb Mount Kenya. [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

A unique calibre of climber plans to attempt to scale Mount Kenya and book his slot in the record books.

Naigzy Gebremedhin, 84, plans to scale the mountain between August 11 and 12 for the 13th time, a feat few can hope to best.

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