COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — A Colorado Springs man who was diagnosed with prostate cancer is currently climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak, in an effort to raise awareness for the 3.3 million men living with it.

Leo Nunes was diagnosed with Stage 2 prostate cancer in August, 2022 when he was 49.

“Currently, I am not 100% cancer free. I have been going through some treatments for the past three years,” said Nunes in an interview just before he embarked on his journey to Africa. “I'm on the path of healing and getting cancer free, so it's a marathon, not a sprint.”

Nunes said his idea to climb to the Roof of Africa, as Kilimanjaro is known, came after he connected with the national nonprofit ZERO Prostate Cancer. He said “think of them as the Susan G. Komen for prostate

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