2014

​​Dylan Palladino stood on Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world, in the summer of 2014, determined to get to the top. He had already been climbing for five full days, and still had seven more hours to go before he reached the summit. The final push wouldn't be easy. The weather was so cold that ice blew in the 14-year old's face and his eyelids felt as if they were going to freeze shut. At such a high altitude, it was also hard to breathe.

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