Finally Here! Off to Mt. Shasta on June 16th!

I am spending the last weekend before we leave for Mt. Shasta labeling gear, packing my bags.  I just bought a new 'point and shoot' camera for the trip and will document the adventure here.  So many of you have been generous donors and supporters and I wish I could take you all up the mountain with me, of course. But this will have to suffice!  I hope you'll find it at least as interesting as your morning dose of Facebook or the NYTimes online.

You can also keep abreast of the climb at the Breast Cancer Fund blog, www.insideprevention.com.  I'm not sure when they will start following the climb.  Our days on the mountain will be June 21-23, but we will all arrive in Shasta on June 19th and festivities end on June 25.

 Once I figure out the new camera, I'll post again.  I am so excited and feel so honored to have you all to thank for this once in a life time experience.  Your donations get us one step closer to ending breast cancer by supporting the Breast Cancer Fund's mission to identify and eradicate environmental causes of the disease.

With love - see you soon.

Betsy

Me and my stuff. I'm a little overwhelmed!

Mt. Shasta Here I Come!

Spent a wonderful day in the White Mountains with Mooney Mountain Guides , learning the basics of mountaineering in preparation for the Breast Cancer Fund Climb Against the Odds 2011 in June.  We'll climb 14, 179'  Mt. Shasta in California in support of the Breast Cancer Fund's work to identify and eradicate environmental causes of breast Cancer.

Along with Beth, Cadie and Juliet, guides Art and Phil, we learned the finer points of climbing in glacier boots and crampons, ice axes, roping up, self-arrest techniques and glissading down the mountain!

Betsy demos self-arrest technique

Beth and Cadie take a break.

Beth, Betsy and Juliet with guide, Phil.

Beth and Betsy on Willey's Slide.

Still all smiles at the end of the day!