89-year-old American woman sets world record as oldest person to hike Mount Kilimanjaro

YEREVAN, JULY 27, ARMENPRESS. A Valley senior citizen is setting world records at the age of 89, ABC15 reported.

Anne Lorimor received agreat welcome home at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Thursday afternoon after getting back from hiking Mount Kilimanjaro in the African country of Tanzania.

She did it a few years ago and set the record as the oldest female to make it to the summit, but when Lorimor found out another woman stole her title a few months later, and a man held the record for the oldest person to do the climb, she laced up her shoes again.

"There was a point when I really was concerned because I fell before I started up the mountain," said Lorimor as quoted by ABC15. "I had great pain in my side, and I couldn't take deep breaths. I was afraid if I couldn't keep oxygenated enough I couldn't go."

She did make to the top andset a new record as the oldest personto hike the tallest peak in Africa. She says round-trip, it took her9 days.