Pat Hiban, 42, of Clarksville, a real estate broker with Keller Williams Crossroads and Pat Hiban Real Estate Group in Ellicott City, just returned from a trip to Tanzania, where he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in Africa at 19,340 feet.

He had made a friendly agreement with Howard County Executive Ken Ulman that he would reach the top, and Ulman gave him a county flag to fly at the summit — which he did. In return, Ulman this week issued a proclamation for Pat Hiban Day on July 21, the day he reached the summit.