An 88-year-old Bremerton alum nearly climbed Kilimanjaro
This Is a story about a guy born in Cleveland who made several stops in life as he moved around with his parents, wound up in Bremerton during the ...
This Is a story about a guy born in Cleveland who made several stops in life as he moved around with his parents, wound up in Bremerton during the World War II years, then became financial successfully running a business his father started in Idaho. Seven years ago, he was a leaky heart valve away from becoming world famous. You have heard of Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. It's located in the African country of Tanzania, and is 19,341 feet above sea level. Well, Bob Vernon, now 93 and a 1947 graduate of Bremerton High School, got interested in making the climb in 2011 after he read an article on a guy from Walla Walla who had made the climb at 84, setting an age-related record.