Reaching Beyond the Clouds

For me: It was a relief! To finally have some answers to the questions and begin a treatment program. There may be no cure for my disease, but now I can fight back.

I cannot begin to explain the panic one feels when you know something is serious wrong with your health but no one has been able to help because they do not know the cause.  By climbing Mt. Everest, I hope to draw national and international attention to the need for Rare Disease Research.

Every person who attempts to summit the World’s highest mountain has their own reason as to why. For me there are three reasons:

1. to Raise Rare Disease Awareness.
2. to raise money for research and support services via the Vasculitis Foundation.
3. to show people the value of life and that life is for living.