Our Goal:
To raise $1,000,000 for
research and public education
about prostate cancer.
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 Why I want to climb Aconcagua in January, 2001.
In 1968 and 1969, I climbed Mt. Fuji while stationed in Japan with the Marine Corps. Mt. Fuji stands at 12,295 feet tall. The first trip up was memorable. I am from Florida and this was the first time I had been at altitude above a couple of feet. I spent the night on the way up and made the climb easily the next morning in time to watch a gorgeous sun rise along with lots of Japanese. The following year, I walked straight up without any difficulty. From then until recently, I had not really climbed but had done lots of horseback riding in Colorado and occasional hiking. On Kilimanjaro, I lost my appetite, didn’t eat for 24 hours and developed altitude sickness. I felt so horrible physically and mentally, I just want to quit and even thought of what would happen if I just let go and fell. When we finally reached the plateau on top, I decided not to make the final short climb up to Uhuru Peak. I was fully aware of everything around me but felt so badly, I used good judgement and decided to descend. We also had problems with another member of our team who suffered from HACE. Guides helped her descend to 14,500 feet where we both rested for several hours. During and after the climb, I said I would never do this again. Later, I had a chance to reflect on why I fell ill with altitude sickness and I had a chance to think about why Terry wanted this climb to Aconcagua to succeed. After much thought and deliberation, speaking to family and friends, I decided I wanted to make the climb with Terry for several reasons. First, I thought the idea of climbing to make a difference in prostate cancer research and awareness was something I wanted to be involved with. Secondly, the sacrifices by those with cancer are so much greater than my little bout with altitude sickness, I decided that this was the least thing I could do to help those afflicted with prostate cancer. The third reason was that my father in law had prostate cancer and received his lupon shots once a month. I vowed to do whatever I could to help raise awareness about this disease. There are so many things we are faced with daily in our lives and the older I get, the more I would like to make a difference in any way I can. I have been fortunate, much more than many others, and anything I can do to help those less fortunate, is a small sacrifice on my behalf. If you don’t want to climb but want to help, donate money to the Prostate Cancer Research Fund in the name of Hap Weyman or sponsor a climber. 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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Last year, I was involved with a climb to Kilimanjaro with Terry Weyman and he mentioned to me that he wanted to climb Aconcagua. I had never heard of this mountain and had no idea where it was located. Terry began to describe more about his plans and asked me if I would be interested in making the climb. Before the Kili climb, I thought this would be something I would like to do. As things progressed during the climb up Kilimanjaro, I began to have second thoughts about making another climb.
