New Snow :-)

It snowed a little last night and this morning so it made it kind of nice, not so dry and slippery on

the steep parts. I was just about 5 min slower than when Linda was running up the other day up that one long grueling hill, but I didn't take any breaks until 2hr. then I took 5min and that's the only break, well except to take a couple pics:-) I started early 7am and I thought oh I am going to be the first one up there this morning but I bumped in to this guy and his dog, Wilson. They were RUNNING down. Then a woman was running down when I started back down. They must be nuts!!! It looked like the Lady was trying to peek out but not really in this picture.

This tree and the wild flowers are starting to pop:-)

Oh, yea this is from Rainbow Ridge again:-) total 4 hrs. 9.3 miles its kind of hard to push myself when their isn't someone in front going faster, I get kind of sidetracked looking at stuff. Its like stuff says Look over here, Look at me:-)

Rainbow Ridge Revisited:-)

This morning we were going to meet up at Bunny Flats, we were going to go up on Mt. Shasta today but Linda decided the weather was coming in, so she decided we would do Rainbow Ridge, but WAY farther than we did the first time with her, towards the end of the hike it was looking crummy up there.

Linda and me and this next one is me and Annie Bowles, she did the Climb Against Odds in 2004, she is another one who has been so supportive, I had been emailing and talk to her on the phone but said hi at yoga, but this was the first time I got to spend some time with her, it was very nice:-)

even though Linda really pushed us. Round trip it took 3:18 and we went 7.85 miles. Sooooooo proud:-)

This tree really wanted his picture taken :-)

Red Hats Founders Day Luncheon

:-)Lots of Red Hats, OMYGOSH!!! Thank you sooo much Hillie Crowfoot for making this possible and for her help and wonderful ideas but most important all of her
encouragement, and kind words before and after the event:-)

The winner of the basket with over $700. worth of WONDERFUL goodies was Linda Lamanna. We sold $263.00 worth of tickets for this basket. All this money will stay in Siskiyou County for the www.BreastCancerSiskiyou.org Thankyou Red Hats for letting me be apart of your Founders Day Luncheon:-)

Castle Crags

This is what we did for our Long Weekly training hike yesterday, Julie our GPS geekgirl map maker plotted our trail. We didn't come in at the park, we came in below that so it made it longer. We went 9.1 miles and climbed 2600 feet in elevation - go team!!! There was Linda our team leader Julie and her husband Wolf and Karen who is training with us and will climb at a later date than us. She is in excellent shape. The more the merrier. I kept up with everybody pretty much sooooooo proud:-)

Its hard to see but there is a railing I am holding on to that prevents you from falling, sorta:-) Its really steep drop down.

This is on the way down.

I got donations from Jim Nile, Cliff Cornutt, Frank Del Carlo, and Diane Strachan, THANKS GUYS:-)

Today is the big Red Hats Founders Day Luncheon.

Lower Energy Level

P.T. appt. at the Wellness Center with Sandy Skiff on Friday went well, I like her :-) she said to do the Quad Sets.

Gently tense muscle on top of thigh.
Hold 10 seconds.

All exercises should be repeated 30 times. Two sessions per day are recommended. It may be helpful to apply ice for 15 minutes after the exercises. Well, she said start with 20. When I went there I thought maybe she would tell me I couldn't do the climb. Kind of scary. She said More bike less Stair Climber, Advil 3x a day. Ice Ice Ice.

I am getting last minute stuff together for the Red Hats Luncheon on Friday. The Raffle basket goes to Deana today to get put together, I picked up a couple things, got the wine bottle, Pick up the One of a Kind Red Hat tomorrow. Picked up more flyers for the Luncheon, the Breast Cancer Services of Siskiyou County. Its coming together, I canceled the hike with Linda this morning, EEEEEEEEEEEK enough is enough, I have been at the gym on the bike and in the pool the past 3 days, and 25lb pack yesterday too. I will be at the Castle Craigs hike on Thursday, yoga today and Thursday. I feel like not going to yoga, but it just got changed to 7:30am instead of 9am and I was one of the big supporters of the time change.

Moving Forward

READY TO CLIMB FOR THE CAUSE Breast
cancer survivor Shirley Magnuson spoke last week at the Mount Shasta Chamber of Commerce meeting on her goal of raising $10,000 and climbing 14,162 foot Mt. Shasta when The Breast Cancer Fund Climb Against the Odds returns this June. The Climb attracts hun­dreds of people from around the world. “As the chosen climber from Siskiyou County, all of the money I raise stays here and benefits Breast Can­cer Services of Siskiyou County,” Magnuson said. Breast Cancer Services provides a wide variety of free support services for those touched by the dis­ease and their families. Donations can be made at http://www.breastcancerfund.org/climb09/shirleym. Checks can also be made out to the

Breast Cancer Fund and mailed to Shirley Magnuson, P.O. Box 434, Dunsmuir, CA, 96025. She can be reached directly at 235-4653.

Photo by Paul Boerger
I got a Donation from Barbra Cross, and Grace Sanchez. Alma at the French Nest in Dunsmuir, Vintage Inspired Decor, donated a garden stake Welcome Frog:-)
I called Hillie yesterday to let her know about my fundraising progress for the Red Hats raffle basket. I totaled all the goodies up $750. worth, some stuff and lots of gift certificates. So we decided that was about what she had for her basket last year so I can start getting goodies for my next raffle event. Linda made me an appointment at the Wellness center with a physical therapist to look at my knee, 7 am today.

Yea!!! I DID IT:-)

Yesterday we went up Green Butte, well not all the way to the top of it, but pretty far. The winds were picking up. WOW, omygosh they were soo strong. Quite steep. Julie took this pic of me. The really steep part Linda got behind me and said "No stopping, if you have to look up, keep moving as you do so" I think it was a GOOD thing she was behind me. Then Julie was up above breaking trail guiding us. We thankfully didn't go down the same way, we went out and back and forth down, "milking it" Just amazing, fresh snow, lots of it:-) We stopped just a couple times for brief bites to eat and drink and kept moving. 3hrs, 5 miles. Sooo Proud:-)

I stopped and took this pic on my way up the canyon on my way to Bunny Flats.
This one is just before we went up farther, but we are looking over Black Butte, that just looks so kool I think.

Its Snowing:-)

Just a little spitting down here in Dunsmuir this morning and last night, I bet we will be breaking trail up on the Mt. We changed our training to this morning 9am Bunny Flats.

This is the Dunsmuir Yoga Class I go to on Tues, Thurs, Sun. This is Wendy our WONDERFUL teacher.

Yesterday http://www.shastaleatherworks.com/ donated a leather wine bottle holster for my raffle basket. Thanks guys.

:-)Yea!!! Linda is Back Yea!!! :-)

Our Brave TEAM Leader is back from her trekking. We missed her and NEED her guidance:-) We went up to HorseCamp. Afterwards I went for another 25 min up the road totaled 5 miles on snow shoes. Julie went up Green Butte, with a 30lb pack, that's where I am suppose to be. We will meet again on Thursday at noon at Bunny Flats:-)

I had to do my schepiel at the Dunsmuir Chamber of Commerce last night, no donations but good contacts and I think there will be a slight mention of the Climb in the paper by the Chamber Meeting:-) Its all good. Today, first Yoga, then up toward Yreka to do some fundraising.

Feeling Supported:-)

Wednesday Hillie took these wonderful pictures from the yoga class in Mt. Shasta that is sponsored by the

Breast Cancer Services of Siskiyou County.http://www.breastcancersiskiyou.org/
she also collected $20. toward my Breast Cancer Fund Climb.

Thursday is core day at the Dunsmuir Yoga center, YEA!!! After that I had to go and speak in front of the Mt. Shasta Chamber of Commerce. I got a
donation from Tim Stearns, and I made a couple of good contacts. I guess it wasn't too painful. Thanks to Paul Boerger of the Mt. Shasta Herald for the nudge and support. I picked up a gift certificate from Chris & Dena's Grocery Deli, (530) 926-4110 900, S Mount Shasta Blvd, Mt Shasta, CA 96067 Sandwiches and drinks for 4, for my Raffle basket. Dena does some really cute baskets their too. Dena said she would donate her time to put the basket together for me. Presentation being very important:-)
Lilium sent me a bunch of supplements to keep me on my training mode, and Joy sent me a brand new camera so I can take very kool pictures. Wendy at the Dunsmuir Yoga center gifted me a massage with Bonnie Lou
Thankyou everyone for all of your support.

FUNdraisingFUNdraisingFUNdraising:-)

FUNdraising

I did some follow ups yesterday businesses I needed to get back to. Lots more to do. I had an eye doctor appt. so, http://www.shastaeyes.com/ is now a proud supporter as is http://www.dunsmuirlodge.net/ I met Donna Parsons owner of the Dunsmuir Lodge who is going through Alot you can read about her journey, http://www.caringbridge.org/ This is an amazing free service for folks who have illnesses long hospital stays and they are able to keep in touch with friends and family with a web page. I will be very honored to be carrying a prayer flag with Donna's name on it up to the top of Mt. Shasta. Why not send her a note:-)I also received donations from Faith Murphy and J.K. Anderson. Patti at Rapunzel's Castle donated some Shampoo and Conditioner for my raffle basket. Awhile back a friend of mine said she wanted to help me with a yard sale and it was just a couple of days ago I was thinking maybe I will see if she still wants to do it, if she doesn't I have got some new ideas thanks to Jess.
http://jessbartonclimb09.blogspot.com/2009/04/yard-sale.html That's amazing, she did so well:-) Next month the weather will be a little better for this.

FeelingGood:-)

Yea!!! I did everything I set out to do. Ex.Time 4:28 10.6miles 2-10 min. breaks. 15lb pack. My side is really sore. My knee feels pretty strong. There was LOTs of very kool rocks, big serpentine, no time for playing. I spent half of my breaks reapplying tape over the moleskin. Left foot, OUCH!!!. I never heard of moleskin, now I would like to have stock in it:-) I had a list of people to call and talk to and thats complete:-)

Switching Gears Again:-)

The weekly long training hike canceled again. So I am going to hopefully meet with a couple of key fundraising people for a minute in Mt. Shasta first and then go back home and start up the hill toward Ney Springs. To make it more challenging I plan to take some of the old side logging skid trails, doing some hill work, and still strive for the 5hr. length.
Later this afternoon, I plan on making some phone calls to people I haven't heard from who said they had plans, fundraising plans for me, and see if maybe they need some help or whats going on now.

No Pack Today

Yesterday I did the same 20lb pack 2 times, yoga and a 3rd hike no pack. Well this morning I feel like someone ran over my left side, now I doubt I am the only one who has chosen not to have reconstructive surgery, but I may be the only one doing this that smoked for 42 years. My breast bone is bruised. OUCH!!! So on to something else for today and reevaluate it tomorrow.
I received Bonnie's Monthly support check, omygosh she is so cute, thankyou Bonnie:-)

Way Behind, But Getting ON It now

Yesterday I started with a 20lb pack for 2.5 miles in the morning and 2.5 miles in the afternoon, I am suppose to be at 30-35 lbs for 5 hrs and at much more increase in elevation. These new Osprey packs are wonderful. I have packed 20 lbs of food in here and been in pain in a .5 mile. with my little day pack. Everything adjusted it was wonderful. Well as wonderful as it could be. I really felt it in my lungs. The yoga teacher canceled because she was sick so I went to the gym and got on the bike for 1hr. Today my little body is telling me I did that :-)

I picked up a donation from Rosie, THANKS!!! Jenn Carr of http://www.shastaguides.com/ donated a very kool stainless steel mug and a hat for my fundraising basket:-) she left it at Fifth Seasons http://www.thefifthseason.com/

for me, I haven't got to meet her yet, but The first weekend in May she will be putting on our "Snow School" THANKS!!! Debbie Laxague dropped off some updated brochures for the Breast Cancer Services Of Siskiyou Countyhttp://breastcancersiskiyou.org/Public/WelcomePage for me at the Mercy Cancer Resource Center. I still haven't met her either.