On the trail to Glacier Basin Camp, where we spent the first night, we caught a glimpse of Rainier (hanging glaciers at the top of the Willis Wall), roughly 9,000 vertical feet above us.
Mt. Rainier is a grueling climb fraught with hidden pitfalls and sudden changes of weather. Half of climbers never make it to the summit.
But hey, after 2-1/2 years of chemotherapy, my 8-year-old son Fergus knows all about climbs like this.
And while great strides have been made since the 1950's (when less than 10% of children survived cancer), more than 12,500 children in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Too many of these, still, will never see the top of the mountain.
We're just a few friends pursuing a middle-aged dream. But please support our climb by supporting the National Childhood Cancer Foundation (CureSearch) in whatever small way you can.
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