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A long way to go

July 19, 2009

I have made a little change in my routine since my last post.

I now do pushups on Monday, Wednesday and Friday and walk four miles. My best time this week was 63 minutes. I am currently shooting to get it under an hour by next Sunday.

On Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, when I don’t do pushups I walk more. Yesterday, I walked six miles for the first time. It took me 97 minutes. That is a tad over 16 minutes per mile, while I was a tad under 16 min per mile on a four miles walk. Over the next couple of weeks my focus will be to cut my time, rather than increase my distance.

My diet program is effective and I have lost almost 10 pounds since I started the diet three weeks ago, and I bought a pair of 32″ waist shorts this week, as my brand new 34″ shorts were getting loose. yea!

I am going to be leaving Houston late Sunday, early Monday to go to Grand Canyon. It has been more than 25 years since I last visited Grand Canyon, but the memory is fresh and I remember the impact it had on me. I came back with an awesome attitude and fresher outlook on life. It was one of my most profound Spiritual Experience.

Within a year, I had relocated from Chicago to Austin with a better job than I had at that time and I am looking forward to having a similar impact again. I plan on traveling by road and I will be writing in more detail about it during the week and as I get closer to leaving at my Nomadic blog.

The diet and exercise routine will be challenged as I travel, but I will keep you posted. I will have my next weekly post here on Sunday before I leave. I intend to be back by Friday.

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Getting to Everest – One Step at a Time

June 11, 2009
June 2 2009 at my daughter's graduation

June 2 2009 at my daughter's graduation

Yes, that’s me. Fat, overweight, and out of shape. And yes, I want to climb Mount Everest on my 75th Birthday to become the oldest person to have done it. As of this writing the record is held by Katsusuke Yanagisawa of Japan, who was 71 years old when he reached the summit in May 2007 according to BBC news. When I set my goal back in 2003, the oldest person to have done it was 64.

Last month, I revisited my goal, and blogged about it in one of my other blogs.

Now, I realize that I am no where near being in shape to do it today, and I am only 55; but I also realize that if I don’t get started now, I will not be in shape to do it when the time arrives in 20 years from now. So, I ‘ve set about a plan to make the first run in five years, and then every five years or so to keep me in shape and keep the goal alive and myself motivated.

I am setting up this blog to chronicle my journey to the top of the world. I hope you’ll come along with me virtually, if not physically.

Do you have, or have you ever had a BIG Dream? Did you fulfill it? If so, how did you do it? If not, what are you doing now to make it happen? Share it in the comments and let’s help each other fulfill our Big Dream.