At some point Thursday, or maybe even it was Wednesday, Matt Burke expected to reach the summit.
Until the Bengals linebackers coach wins the Super Bowl, Mount Kilimanjaro is going to have to do, a nice vertical leap of 19,341 feet that puts him on the highest point in Africa. Or, until next year, when lord knows what Burke is going to pull off as the Bengals’ traveling man who has been to about 30 countries on countless hikes with pretty much only boots, a backpack, broken Spanish, and a thrill for The Moment.
“On every trip I have a moment,” said Burke, his voice trailing off into the Gobi Desert or the Andes Mountains.