So I have changed my mind, and I am going to make a goal to climb Mt Adams next year. I have been thinking about it, and I don’t think my bicycle riding, even though almost 4,000 miles, did enough for my cardiovascular, which was my problem. I am going to make running my new main exercise and run several half marathons, maybe even a full marathon. I also am going to climb much earlier in the year so I can climb on the snow as much as possible. Climbing on the rocks was a “killer” this last effort, and with my major balance issues with my parkinson’s I was always fearful of falling. Walking on the snow with crampons will be much less of an issue. I haven’t talked to my son-in-law yet to see if he wants to climb with me. I might have burned him out on this last trip, but if he opts out of this amazing potential for adventure I have other son-in-laws I can ask.

I know down in the depth of my “knower” that I can do this. I know what the issues were and that I can do something about them and conquer this past failure in my life. If anybody wants to be apart of this adventure let me know. Wow, I am getting excited and energized already.