The 2012 Climbing For Soles, benefiting Redeeming Soles, schedule dates are now being developed. With the recent medical change in the Hep C treatment plan of adding 24 more weeks of Interferon injections, the early climbs of Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Baker have been removed. The Mt. Baker climb may be added back at a later time if my health feels up to pare for the attempt.

Currently the schedule is:

• Mt. Rainier Disappointment Cleaver route - June 8-9 - 9,000' vert
• Mt. Rainer Emmons Glacier route - July 13-15 - 10,000' vert.
• Glacier Peak - July - 8,200' vert.
• Mt. Rainier Disappointment Cleaver route one day attempt August 10-11 - 9,000' vert. (this attempt will coincide with Union Gospel Mission climb)
• Mt. Olympus - September - 5,000' vert.

This schedule will bring over 40,000 vertical feet in a 4 month time span and should be a real challenging after the Hep C treatment.

The training with ReFit Komplex personal fitness training guru, Kamini Fonseca, will start after cyclocross season, which will end on November 13 with the MFG Woodland Park GP. Cyclocross has given me a gauge of where I'm at with the treatment program and was decisive in the removal of the early climbs. My body is still struggling when asking for the strength it would take for a major climb. Wiith nausea still plaguing me 2-3 days per week, it is wise to cancel the early climbs. This new schedule will allow a couple months recovery after the Interferon (chemo) ends in March 2012.

The Climbing For Soles 2012 pledge drive will be online in November, so start thinking of your pledge today.