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Whitney Tilson: “I climbed it back in 1992 without too much difficulty.”

Featuring: Whitney Tilson, Democratic | Former Hedge Fund Manager, Candidate for New York City Mayor

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If you really go fast and you're not worried about needing acclimatization to the altitude, most people do it in seven, eight, nine days and there's time to acclimatize and all. I climbed it back in 1992 without too much difficulty. And I'm probably in better shape today than I was back then. And I've done a lot more climbing and mountaineering. So 19,000ft is high, but I've been at higher. (25:33–25:38)

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Asserts that Whitney Tilson climbed Kilimanjaro in 1992 without much difficulty.

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