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Hands to Hold
May 11, 2012 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Exactly one year ago tonight, at about 9:00 p.m. our team set off from Camp IV at 26,000′ to attempt to reach the 29,035′ summit of Mount Everest. When I think back to that night, all of the days, months and years before come streaming back to me, and they are all filled with those [...]
194 Miles from Napa to Santa Cruz
May 9, 2012 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
There was the guy dressed as a chorizo sausage running hot in the midday heat. The perennial leading teams from Yahoo, Google and Netapp running fast. The team with the slogan, “Start Slow, Then Taper”, running slow. And us, Team Cheaper Then Therapy. I’ve run with the team for four of the past six years, [...]
Mountains – Keeping Things in Perspective
April 13, 2012 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Someone sent me this essay today and it made me reflect on the meanings of the profound (italicized) sections: From the top of a mountain, we are able to witness life from a different perspective bringing us a new awareness. I think this awareness is mostly self-awareness. We think it is about the perspective of [...]
Antarctica
April 11, 2012 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
It has been exactly eleven months since we left the tent at 26,000′ to attempt the summit of Everest. In eight months I will leave to go for the last of the seven summits – Mt. Vinson in Antarctica. My mind hasn’t got quite there on what it will be like during the climb or [...]
