This coming summer

Well, I am excited to be feeling completely normal again. I have found myself increasing my desire to be healthy over the past couple months and have decided to start on a new quest. I am going to call it a quest for the the mountain top. You see I have learned a valuable lesson over the past 9 months and that is that our bodies have an incredible ability to heal themselves if we are willing to lend a hand.

So I am on an effort to get back to climbing shape and I will work over this winter to be ready to hike up Mt Adams again this summer as well as one more mountain to be named later. I will probably make a bit of a charity hike out of it to do something nice for Providence Oncology. I am thankful for Mt Adams because most of my strength to fight cancer came from this adventure. I learned the ability to overcome comes one step at a time. It is a lesson that I probably would have overlooked had I not had cancer this year, but now I get to keep it and pass it along to anyone who reads this blog.

Below are some pictures from my climb. As I hike other treks I will post them as well. If anyone cares to join me you are more than welcome. Here is to a productive finish to winter.

Mt Adams





This past August Matt Aldridge and I climbed Mt Adams. It was very steep and we were considerably under prepared. Our plan was a hike around the mountain, but instead of turning we found ourselves inspired to keep pushing up. We climbed to the top without aid of mountaineering equipment which we are both quite proud of. We took the road less traveled...
Here are some pics from the mountain:


Near the top, the starting point is a blur from this height.
















Mt Adams at daybreak, climbing this Mountain requires an early start!!


Mount St Helens from 12,500 ft, planes look much closer at this altitude. Breathing is a bit more difficult.




Mt Hood to the South...

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