Because it’s there
SUN PHOTO BY ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH
Bud Koranchan does chin ups at the Englewood YMCA Wednesday. At 72, he wants to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and is looking for a partner to go with him.
SUN PHOTO BY ELAINE ALLEN-EMRICH
Bud Koranchan, 73, re-enacts training he saw in a "Rocky" movie years ago.
ENGLEWOOD — Climbing the world’s highest free-standing mountain wasn’t initially on Bud Koranchan’s bucket list, but now he doesn’t stop thinking about it.
The soon-to-be 73-year-old Englewood resident wants to see the dormant volcanic cones on a mountain in Tanzania. He wants to take photos from 19,341 feet above sea level on Mount Kilimanjaro.