Reaching Beyond the Clouds

Okay, I received an e-mail form the Governor’s Office giving me instructions on how to go about getting the Governor to recognize Rare Disease Day. So, I am off to write more letters!

Because no one with Wegener’s Granulomatosis has ever attempted to climb Mt. Everest, I have been in contact with Dr. Peter Hackett Director of the Institute for Altitude Medicine at Telluride, CO.  He has been advising me on the special issues of climbing to extreme altitude and my disease.

I recently found out that Dr. Hackett will be staffing the south side Everest ER in 2010. This is great news: He will be on-site to observe and advise.

Great day to hike up Mt. Baldy. We met a nice couple on the last mile to the summit. They climb Baldy in the winter: I hope they invite me to join them.

Okay, now the intersession class I was going to teach has been canceled. It is both good and bad news. I was counting on that extra income but now I have more time to train. One of the most important things to learn about life is that you must be able to go-with-the-flow!