In the past week, I have officially booked my airfare to Africa and started training with a 10lb pack! Five months is going to go by so fast and it seems there is so much to do with such little time :) Lori is doing a great job of sending us monthly updates of what needs to be done for the trip and where we should be at in our training, which has helped significantly.
People often ask me "What do you do to train for climbing a mountain?" I usually grin and reply with "I'm learning as I go.. A lot of hills and steps I guess!" This is all still very new to me, the training, the gear.. I must say very exciting though! Many of us climbers are starting to connect via email and I will be able to meet a couple in the next few weeks!
For the many of you who have been asking, I switched sites that you can donate to my climb through. The link at the right will take you directly to my own webpage and by clicking "donate here" the steps are very easy to follow.
I will be joining 11 other men and women with Multiple Sclerosis to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa from July 10-24, 2011. This journey is to raise awareness and funding for research to find a cure. Please join me in this journey by following along on this blog. I welcome your donations and prayers.
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