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North Carolina man preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in honor of World Kidney Day

North Carolina man preparing to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in honor of World Kidney Day World Kidney Day is coming up on March 10th, but there is a group of people getting ready right now to mark the day in a very huge and unusual way

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QC Life) - World Kidney Day is coming up on March 10th, but there is a group of people getting ready right now to mark the day in a very huge and unusual way

Twenty-two kidney donors will travel to Africa to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest free-standing mountain in the world.

Matt Harmody is representing Charlotte and the Carolinas on the climb team. His father died at 59 from peritoneal dialysis, hemodialysis and a failed cadaver transplant, and Harmody made an anonymous kidney donation in 2017.

You can view more about the climb here.

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