A course on mountain climbling

Students traded the snows of Minnesota for the snows of Kilimanjaro over winter break 2014. The January-term class REC 4301 marked the first time Africa’s highest mountain has been climbed as a college course.

During the 17-day, 19,000-foot trek to the peak, led by Connie Magnuson, director the Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies program, students explored the wildlife area of Tanzania.

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