I climbed Vinson Massif (Antarctica) in January of 2006, Kosciuszko (Australia) and Carstensz Pyramid (Indonesia) in May of 2006, and Mt. Everest in 2007 and 2008. I am currently training again for the 2009 Mt. Everest expedition. Thus, I have thus been in fairly continuous training for almost 3 years. My current training regime includes workouts in the gym 4-5 times per week, trips to the local mountains and bicycling on weekends.

My workouts in the gym involve running on a treadmill and upper and lower body weight exercises. I am blessed to have an abundance of challenging mountains within driving distance, including Mt. Whitney (my favorite mountain in the world, which I have scaled 10 times--6 via the Mountaineer’s Route), San Gorgonio, San Antonio (Mt. Baldy) and San Jacinto. Bicycling is my favorite training exercise because I am joined by Oliver, my 8-year old year old disabled grandson, who rides with me in a trailer which I pull behind the bike. See Training Partner on this website.