Lessons from the Mountain
What I learned on Mt. Hood, and how it is driving me through cancer. A Different Mountain, Same Skills. Summiting Mt. Hood last year was one of the greatest accomplishments of my life so far. My cousin Jeff wrote me in late March with the idea of climbing Hood for his 50th birthday, in mid-May. A whopping 7 weeks to train and learn what the hell I was doing so I didn't kill myself or the two of us. The last time I climbed to 11,250 feet on a frozen glacier on top of a volcano