by Greg | Mar 15, 2011 | Archive
Life lessons for those who want to climb high . . . Climb with a cause. The night before we began our summit bid on Cotopaxi our guides gathered our team together for one final briefing. Abraham (our lead guide) had a map of the mountain. He showed us the route we...
by Greg | Feb 4, 2011 | Archive
Life Lessons for those who want to climb high . . . Climbing Companions When you are climbing, your team matters. A lot. The ten guys with whom I summitted Cotopaxi were amazing men who I needed to be able to trust with my life. They were friends who spent months...
by Greg | Jan 31, 2011 | Archive
7 A.M. Saturday. 1/29/2011 All 10 of our team summitted Cotopaxi . . . “Yeah team! Yeah God!” The summit bid was the hardest physical challenge of my life. 6 inches of fresh powder in the hours before we began our trek made the mountain even more...
by Greg | Jan 28, 2011 | Archive
Just a brief update . . . We’ve all been up since 6 yesterday morning. Began our summit bid at eleven last night and were off the mountain by 10:30 this morning. Rested at base camp, packed up, hiked 45 minutes down to the bus and headed in to our hotel in...
by Greg | Jan 27, 2011 | Archive
Just awoke from a good night’s sleep. We’ll need it. We’ll be awake for the next 39 hours straight. Today we hike to the base camp of Cotopaxi. After lunch we’ll receive 2-3 hours of glacier training. Try to relax for awhile and then prepare...
