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Michigan St. coach reaches the mountaintop of Kilimanjaro summit.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| August 01, 2004 | Snyder, Mark | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Mark Snyder

EAST LANSING, Mich. _ Michigan State football coach John L. Smith lives in a world of superlatives.

The best tackle, the biggest play and the hardest hit are all part of the coaching language.

Nowhere in the coaching manual, though, does it explain how to describe the perfect sunrise atop the largest mountain.

That's what Smith faced the morning of July 21 as he sat at Uruhu Point (19,340 feet), atop Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania after making the climb of his life.

"The sunrise was so special because you dream and talk about sitting on top of that mountain and watching the sun come up, and when it happened, what a moment, I couldn't stop crying," Smith ...

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