27 percent.
Only about one out of four people make it to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro on the five-day hike. One of those success stories is Kennesaw’s 13-year old Sohan Patel.
Patel and his mother decided to hike up the mountain together earlier this year. His mother found videos on the internet, couldn’t stop watching them, and shared the videos with Sohan.
“I thought it would be cool and fun to do,” Sohan says. “She asked if I would try it with her.”
Sohan’s mother prepared for months, but Sohan says he only did a few test hikes in the lead-up.