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Mountains for Active Diabetics is a loose association of outdoor enthusiasts of whom many happen to have diabetes. All are interested in the challenges of managing diabetes in the outdoors, particularly at extremes of altitude, temperature and exertion.
Our philosophy is that it can be done. Diabetics have summitted the world's highest peaks, crossed endless expanses of desert and snow, run ultra-marathons, bicycled all over the world and climbed vast walls of rock and ice...
MADiDEA 2010
MADiDEA 2010 Val Grigna, Italy
June 11-13, 2010 at a mountain hut to be announced soon.
5th International Mountains & Diabetes Meet
- Speakers
- Mountains
- Fun
More to follow....
Beartooths 2009!
It’s late May in Montana which can mean only one thing – it’s time to go backcountry skiing in the Beartooths! In what’s now become an annual spring trip, six good friends, two dogs and I threw together camping gear, a bunch of great food and lots of beer and headed for Red Lodge, Montana. We left Bozeman early Friday, drove the 3 hours to the Beartooth Mountains and pulled into our usual camping place part way up the Beartooth Highway. As the pass had just opened that day, we quickly dumped our gear and continued up
20th World Diabetes Congress
The World Diabetes Congress (WDC), organized by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) every two years, is one of the world’s largest medical congresses. This year marks the 20th meeting which will be held in Montreal, Canada, on 18-22 October. It is expected to attract up to 15,000 delegates, more than 300 high level speakers, and representatives from over 200 diabetes member associations from more than 160 countries.
African Adventures
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Marathon des Sables
In 2010 I will be participating in what some refer to as the "Toughest Foot Race in the World", the Marathon des Sables, also known as ‘The Marathon of the Sands'. This is a 240km race across the sands of the Sahara desert in Morocco. This is like doing a marathon every day for six days straight, in the 45 degree heat of the desert.
You can follow my training progress by pasting the following address into your web browser -
http://train2gain.biz/My_Sahara_Stroll_2010/home.html
Boyan & World Diabetes Day 2008
[this just in from Boyan Petrov aka the Bulgarian Spider (I am responsible for this moniker 'cause I like it! no edits from me on his text either) dp]
Big D & the Crestones
BIG D & the Crestones
Italian Group on top of Cima Castore - Monte Rosa group
Only two days ago, on July 27, 2008, Marco Peruffo and Mattia Tanza led a group which included a number of young adults with Type 1 to the top of the Cima Castore (4200 m) in Monte Rosa group.
Check out some photos of this trip AND some great pictures from Marco Peruffo's 2007 Ama Dablam success.
www.adiq.org
Will Cross Summits Lhotse
Just stumbled upon this article from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazzette mentioning that Will Cross reached the summit of Lhotse on May 25, 2008. Yeah, old news but thought I better post it here. I presume he climbed with suppplemental Os, but haven't confirmed.
Happy summer mountains!
dp
