Our Goal:
To raise $1,000,000 for
research and public education
about prostate cancer.
research and public education
about prostate cancer.
| Our Goal: To raise $1,000,000 for research and public education about prostate cancer. | |
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You are Visitor # John Loesing, Project Director Dr. Terry Weyman, Founder | PROSTATE CANCER CLIMB Climb Biography
Sincerely, Proceeds of the Prostate Cancer Climb will go exclusively to funding education and research. No portion of the proceeds will be designated for operating or administrative expenses. Distribution of the Hap Weyman Memorial Prostate Cancer Project Fund will be determined by the Independent Educational Research Funding Committee (IERFC). |
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A native of Oregon, I competed in track and field collegiately. However, now at the age of 39 I participate in adventure racing with a Portland, Oregon club called the Red Lizards. As a climber there is no question that I am a neophyte. Last year was the first time I had ever hiked, let along put on a backpack. The captioned photo is my first backpacking experience on Mt. Whitney (14,494ft.). That was also the first time I had met Terry Weyman, DC. At 4:45am he rapidly hiked away from my slow labored pace, only to exchange a brief hello as he descended from the summit. I turned around well below the summit on that climb. Two months later, in September of 1999, I was climbing Mt. Kilimanjero (19,340 ft.) in Africa with Tom Hyde, DC and Terry Weyman, DC. This being my second climb and my first climb extending past one day went quite well. During the long hours of the climb up Kilimanjero, Terry planted the seed of climbing Aconcagua (22,841ft.) as a benefit for prostate cancer. He continued to water this idea over the next several hypoxic days of climbing until under a state of oxygen deprivation I was sold on the idea before ever making it to the summit of Kilimanjero, let alone any mountain. In my thinking, the climb would take maybe one to two more days than Kilimanjero. How wrong I am. Aconcagua is a quantum leap in difficulty, extreme cold, and duration. Given that, I can’t think of a better reason to climb this mountain then to bring prostate cancer to the forefront. A condition like beast cancer and ovarian cancer 20 years ago, that most people, men and women, are uncomfortable even talking about. As a chiropractic physician I’ve had the opportunity to provide services to several men in the grips of prostate cancer. Some unknowingly present with low back pain. Closer to home, his grandfather has had prostate surgery, however it was unclear if it was for BPH or cancer. Two friends Dave, a prostate cancer survivor, and Bob, who is currently battling the disease, is inspiration to me to do this climb.
