This article gives a better sense of Mr. Cross.....Enjoy.
dp
 
Mountain climbs make a molehill of diabetes

Hi all.  Thought this sad tale could be of interest to some of you.  Certainly there are more questions raised by the account below.  Was it DKA?  Unclear what the trek up Mt. Fuji had to do with Tyler's demise.  
Bottom line is that each of us needs to communicate honestly with any group we join and talk about all aspects of diabetes management, if only to help educate others.
 
Happy Monday, dp   
   
 

Well, Mauro is certainly unhappy with his performance last Sunday.  I'm still proud of him.  He complained to me about not being in good shape:  about not spending nearly enough time on the snow due to, well, lack of snow.  Anyway, I was still impressed to see him finish 109th overall for a 70km race in a respectable time of 3:42.   Perhaps Mauro will send us a story and some pictures.  I think he has another world loppet event on his calendar in the next month or so, but I forget where.
 
Bravo Mauro.
 

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_546725.html
 
Will Cross plans to climb all the 8000ers, starting with Lohtse this spring and Cho Oyu in fall 2008.
 
Cheers, dp

Marco Peruffo summits the Kumbu dream summit - Ama Dablam on October 25, 2007!!  Bravo Marco!!
 
The climb was an "afterthought" after a little trek to Everest BC with wife Sara.  Their summit push was eleven hours and it took them seven long ones to get down.  Sounds like they did a stellar job.
 
Hats off to them.
 
 
5th November 2007
Press Release

Just a note for anyone in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area --- I will be meeting with kids, parents and general public at the International Diabetes Center (Park Nicollet Hospital) on the evening of Tuesday, November 20, 2007.
Guess it's my way to celebrate World Diabetes Day.
 
Ciao, dp
And here is a link....The photo could almost be me, except for the helmet color!
http://www.parknicollet.com/fullstory.cfm?objectid=CD6C629D-0327-C086-13...

Hello All.
 
By now, most of those who attended MADiDEA 2007 are at home and fondly reminiscing (even Sean!) about those days we spent together.  Nikki, Jeff and I are working through an "official" summary of events, but I just wanted to tell you all how much fun I had and how much of a good time you all missed who didn't or couldn't show.   Big thanks particularly to Jeff and Teri who busted their butts and truly made it all happen.  Well done!!
 

Diabetic Alpinists and/or Experience Above 5500 meters
1 Boyan Petrov - Bulgaria (G1, G2 2009 w/out Os)
2 Ernest Blade' - Catalunya/Spain  (G2 1999 w/out Os)
3 Jerry Gore - UK/France (Shisha new route pre-diabetes)
4 Edwin Overbeeke - Netherlands
5 Christian Herter - USA
6 Steven Reiner - USA
7 Cheryl Peacock - Canada
8 Patricia Brubaker - Canada
9 Patrick Hoss - Luxembourg
10 Yannick Tonner - France
11 Leslie Lewis - USA 

NY Times article 26 July
 
Diabetic and Determined is the title of the story....

Just saw that Chris Jarvis (type 1 since childhood) won a Gold medal with his partner, rowing for Canada, in the coxless pairs at the Pan American Games in Rio, Brazil.  Nice work, Chris!