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Their climbing journals shed light on this glorious experience:

[Chris] It’s my first time in a third-world country. I’m with Keith and I’m loving it. What could be better? This is like everything I dreamed mountaineering to be and then some. I think this trip is going to be a turning point in my life. Actually, Keith was it first. I love him dearly. He thinks I’ll be the next [pioneer climber] Kitty Calhoun. I have to prove myself and be tough and aggressive and show no pain. I think I’ll find out what I’m really made of.

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[Keith] Chris is like a wide-eyed kid. She loves this place and appreciates the culture and the atmosphere more than any woman I’ve ever met. She is amazing, unusual and loving. If we do K2 in 1995, she’d be the first American woman. Anyway, one step at a time.

LESS THAN A YEAR AFTER taking to climbing and mountaineering, Chris closed out 1993 by summiting 19,341-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania with Keith. He had proposed to Chris on a hike, and she said yes enthusiastically. They raised glasses of whiskey after their summit, toasting the future, and married the next year in Atlanta. The wedding was attended by Robin and Joyce Feld. Their daughter’s wedding cake was made of bagels and bananas, a far cry from the traditional buttercream version the Felds had envisioned for their baby.