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Bassett MD May Be Among First Women At Mountain’s Peak

OUR KILIMANJARO HIKERS Bassett MD May Be Among First Women At Mountain’s Peak By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.ALLOTSEGO.com COOPERSTOWN – When Mary Anne Whelan was spending a summer in Tanzania, Africa, her friends came up with a wild idea. Why not scale Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest? “There was a superstition that the Gods would be displeased if a woman climbed the mountain,” she said. “I guess they weren’t, because we did!” Whelan, the retired Bassett physician, in 1961 was…

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SUNY-O President Says Reaching African Summit Tribute To Friend Who Died

SUNY-O President Says Reaching African Summit Tribute To Friend Who Died By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com FROM TANZANIA – For Barbara Jean Morris, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro was the fulfillment of a promise made to a friend. “A high school dear friend had decided to summit on his birthday three years ago,” the SUNY Oneonta president said over email. “But he unexpectedly passed away, so the trip was canceled.  I decided that it would be special to summit on my…

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