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Paisley man rushed to hospital after Kilimanjaro charity trek leaves him with pneumonia

A Paisley man who undertook a challenge to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania ended up in hospital battling pneumonia.

Stevie Kidd completed the charity trek for the second time, but within hours of reaching the summit, he had to be stretchered off across the African mountain range for 90 minutes before being rushed to hospital.

Despite the health scare, the 51-year-old has vowed to climb the 20,000ft mountain for a third time next year as well as making plans to take part in a volcano marathon challenge in Chile in five months, the Paisley Daily Express reports.

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