**HFR FRIDAY MORNING Bowie man tackled a mountain called cancer. Now he’s going after Kilimanjaro

In 2021, when he was 49 years old, Eric Morrow of Bowie was diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Now, having climbed that mountain called cancer, this weekend he and about 20 others, including many survivors, will be joining the CEO of the Alexandria, Virginia-based Zero Prostate Cancer nonprofit to begin a fundraising trek up Mount Kilimanjaro.

About 10% of prostate cancer cases are considered early onset, and Morrow fell into that group. He had no symptoms and he made it sound like it was found almost accidentally.

“It was a totally unrelated routine exam that kind of put the doctors on to trying to investigate what was going on with me,” Morrow said. “And, when I was diagnosed, they discover

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