Welcome to my Climb For Hope Blog.

I'm hoping to use this forum to communicate with my sponsors, friends, family, and teamates about my participation in the Climb For Hope.

Please stop by periodically to check in on the fundraising, training, preparation, Dr. Emen's breast cancer research, and ultimately the expedition and climb in Ecuador.

Currently, I am approx. 90% of the way towards my fundraising goal of $5,000, and feeling pretty good about that with still 3 months to go. I think I'm in decent shape physically right now, after having been mountain - biking once/week all summer, and throwing in some road riding as well. But I'm just now starting to step up the conditioning, and hope to generally follow the 12-week mountaineering training program provided by our guides at Earth Treks.

Soon, we're supposed to be getting a tour of Dr. Emen's research laboratory, and get an update on how here clinical trials are progressing. I'm looking forward to hearing more about that.

Also starting to put together the gear I'll need for the expedition, which is quite an extensive list.

Until next time...