- April 14, 2009 • 8:54 pm PDT
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Fiasco was recruited for the stunt by Kenna, whose
father nearly perished as a child due to a lack of clean drinking
water.
The Mount Kilimanjaro charity climb is scheduled to take place this Fall.
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