Born In Defiance

Lessons in humility: Climbing Kilimanjaro

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.

Next stop: Japan (and why we’re excited!)

The land of the rising sun, the ramen and sushi capital, anime central,and a temple haven — all this and more is true of Japan (also known as Nippon).

Thanks for the mountain climbing spotlight, RE Magazine!

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.