Six men from Belchertown reach summit of a famous mountain in Africa

Date:2025-07-29 13:46:10 Category:world Views:3 Comment:0

BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (WWLP) – Six men from Belchertown climbed to the top of a famous mountain in Tanzania, Africa.

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The group is made up of father and son duos, who all reside in Belchertown and reached the summit of the nearly 20-thousand-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro after a six-day hike.

There’s also Ben Miron, a former Belchertown resident now residing in Florida.

The group of father and son duos reached the summit of the nearly 20,000-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro after a six-day hike. Due to the High elevations, each had to take medication ahead of time to prevent symptoms like nausea.

This hike is all thanks to the support of a tour group called ‘Climb Kili’, made up of 24 people, which helped to set up tents, provide meals, and more each day, so all they had to do was focus on hiking.

22News spoke to the wife and mother of Dave and Cameron Burnham about how it felt to see this milestone be achieved. “Most, you know, challenging as far as bringing gear for five different climate zones. You know, they’ve gone through rainforest up to like icy, you know, negative degrees. So it’s just incredible to see their determination, you know, and their perseverance for continuing to do these adventures together and making memories together,” said Danielle Burnham.

Two other men, Jason Cust, formerly of Springfield, who now resides in NYC, and Alex Santos, who resides in Florida, also joined this group on this hike. All of them are set to return this Thursday. And this wasn’t their first hiking challenge; in years past, they climbed Olympic National Park in Washington, the Laugavegur trail in Iceland, the Tour du Mont Blanc through France, Switzerland, and Italy.