I am now just about 48 hours away from departing for Mt. Aconcagua. Each time I depart for an Expedition Hope climb, it is emotional for me on many levels. My overriding thought right now is, this is the highest mountain I have ever attempted to climb. Although I’ve climbed to 19,339 feet — which [...]
It’s hard to believe that there’s less than one week left until I depart for the next Expedition Hope climb to Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest mountain in the western hemisphere. Although I’m continuing training on the stairmaster, treadmill, etc., I have now tapered off CrossFit workouts for the remainder of the week. For my [...]
In the past few days, we’ve had some wonderful media coverage here in Indianapolis that has focused on some of the physical preparations involved in mountain climbing. Gene Cox of local FOX-59 television did a great segment that first aired on Sunday night. On Tuesday morning, there was a nice print piece by health and [...]
It’s hard to believe that in just two weeks from tomorrow I will depart for Argentina and my first attempt at climbing Mt. Aconcagua (22,841 feet). This is the highest mountain in the Americas, as well as the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere. I have trained hard for this climb, and I am feeling [...]
Sir Edmund Hillary passed away on Friday at the age of 88 in his native New Zealand. On May 29, 1953, he and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first known climbers to summit Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth. Hillary went on to many other adventures including climbing ten other peaks in the Himalayas. [...]
As I’ve mentioned before, there are two days each year when thoughts and memories of my father are the most prevalent. One is May 6 – the day he died. The other is January 10 – the day he was born. And so, today would have been his birthday. In a rare coincidence, it is [...]