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Lessons in humility: Climbing Kilimanjaro

Summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa

My dad, Steve, stepmom Tami, and I were on a mission: to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in a fundraising campaign to raise $30,000 for the NRECA International Foundation’s rural electrification efforts in Africa and around the world.

Thanks for the mountain climbing spotlight, RE Magazine!

Born in Defiance Samantha Kuhn climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa

I’m BEYOND grateful to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (affectionately known as NRECA) for being featured in the nationwide RE Magazine Spotlight (read more about RE here) for my recent mountain climbing expeditions, including Kilimanjaro (Africa’s highest mountain at 19,341-foot-elevation) in Tanzania.

Snorkeling the Silfra Fissure in Iceland

Luke and Samantha snorkel the Silfra Fissure in Iceland together to face their fears and make a memory

Silfra is a fissure in Þingvellir National Park in Iceland that was created by the separation of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. This remarkable crack between two tectonic plates CAN be snorkeled… here’s what it looks like.