Tom Choate, a 78-year-old climber who refers to himself as the Old Mountain Goat, became the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount McKinley, at 20,320 feet the highest mountain peak in North America.
It was the fifth time Choate had climbed “The High One,” having done so in 1963, 1983, 1993, 2003 and 2013, the most recent climb marking the 50th anniversary of being on a team of climbers that was the first to … Pictures and more
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