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Erin Ton Breaks Kilimanjaro Speed Record on Seven Summits Quest

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Erin Ton, 29, set a new female fastest known time on Mount Kilimanjaro, summiting in 5 hours 47 minutes and beating the previous record by over an hour. She ran 26.38 miles over 14,000 feet of climbing on the 19,341-foot peak on September 8.

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