Mar 12, 2012 | Mountaineering |
Dear Family & Friends: This year, I will be taking some fabulous electronics to Everest which will enhance my reporting to you from the mountain. It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. So, take a look at this photo showcasing some of my...
Mar 4, 2012 | Mountaineering |
Dear Family & Friends: Less than 1 month to departure day. Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Allan Smith, will be going with me to Everest this year with plans to prepare a documentary of the expedition. Allan will be going to Base Camp on the South side and...
Feb 28, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Dear Family & Friends: After spending 10-days at Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Ollie is home with his family. Ollie was put through another battery of tests related to his brain, heart, lungs and other internal organs. Everything came back normal. So, why...
Feb 16, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Feb 14, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Dear Family & Friends: Today, we admitted Ollie to Children’s Hospital of Orange County. He was here for 7 weeks in late 2009. The doctors did not feel it was safe for him to travel, so we had no choice but to re-admit him to CHOC. Once we stabilize Ollie...
Feb 12, 2012 | Mountaineering
Everest dispatches will start soon!
Feb 10, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Dear Family & Friends: The doctors have not approved Ollie for transport via a commercial airline because of his serious medical condition. They want him transported via medevac. His insurance carrier has not approved this expense. We have filed an appeal. The...
Feb 7, 2012 | Uncategorized |
Dear Family & Friends: Ollie’s episodes have gotten significantly worse. They are more severe and last longer. (For those of you not familiar with this issue, please visit My Training Partner) We have a team of medical specialists ready to evaluate Ollie at...
Jan 12, 2012 | Mountaineering |
January 12, 2012 Dear Family & Friends: In April of this year, I will be returning to Mt. Everest one last time to attempt a double ascent, which has never been done: ascend and descend on the South side in Nepal, travel to Tibet and then ascend and descend on the...
Dec 14, 2011 | Uncategorized |
Dear Family & Friends: During the darkest days of World War II, King George VI came to the microphone of the BBC to deliver the annual Christmas message to the British Commonwealth. He spoke these eloquent and immortal words: And I said to the man who stood at...
