An easy way to donate to Alzheimer's research is by committing a small amount for every
foot I climbed during the 7 Summits. 100% for Alzheimer's to these selected organizations:
Memories are Everything is dedicated to those with Alzheimer's and my mom, Ida
Arnette, who died on August 16, 2009 from Alzheimer's. Please donate today to the selected Alzheimer's non-profits.
The Next Adventure
Ben Nevis in the Scottish Highlands
I am excited to continue
to climb the world to end Alzheimer's. Next up is the highest in the UK, Ben Nevis on March 5, 2012. I will be in the UK speaking at the Alzheimer's Disease
International annual conference. I will tell the story of my mom, Ida, her struggles and my sense of helplessness at the time and what I did about it. read
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I summited Mt. Everest at 5:00AM on May 21, 2011 with Kami Sherpa of IMG. This video
was taken by Panuru Sherpa who climbed with Karim Mella, the first Dominican to summit
Everest. The audio at 56 seconds in the video is my dispatch from the summit to this
website dedicating the summit to all mom's with Alzheimer's. read
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I summited Kosciuszko on October 27, 2011. read
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Carstensz Pyramid New Guinea
I summited Carstensz Pyramid on October 22, 2011
with Scott Woolums of Mountain Trip. read
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Kilimanjaro
Africa
I summited Kilimanjaro on September 19, 2011 with Eben Reckord of
IMG.read
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Mt. Elbrus
Europe
I summited Mount Elbrus from the less climbed North side on August
11, 2011 with AlpsIndustria out of Moscow. read
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Mt. McKinley
North America
I reached 17,200' at the High Camp on Denali in
mid July 2011 with Mountain Trip. read
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Mt. Everest
Asia
I summited Mt. Everest at 5:00 AM on May 21, 2011 via the South
Col route with IMG Sherpa, Kami Sherpa. read
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Aconcagua
South America
I summited on January 29, 2011 with Peter Anderson
of IMG. read
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Vinson
Antarctica
I summited on December 9th with Phil Ershler of IMG. read
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The Alzheimer's Immunotherapy Program of Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy and Pfizer
Inc. funded my climbs for the 7 Summits campaign. Click here to find official information about the
campaign. Please visit the campaign website for details or see the Facebook campaign
page.
Alan's Speaking
Lessons from Alzheimer's:
From the Summit of Everest
A perfect address for an annual meeting or fund raising event. Designed for Alzheimer's Caregivers, families or anyone impacted by this
disease; I bring home the realities of Alzheimer's with a candid presentation about my mother's struggle. This powerful creative presentation is sensitive,
informative and entertaining with my causal style, sense of humor and ability to reach each person in the audience read
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Recent Comment
"The slide show was great last night, you did a really nice job of covering SO much and highlighting just the most important aspects of the climbs.
It did the job too, I came home wondering all these things about Alzheimer's that I was wishing I had asked or that I am going to research now. It's crazy
to think that my grandmother died of Alzheimer's and I don't even know that much about it."