{"id":5754,"date":"2011-03-18T06:54:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T13:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2016-05-27T17:15:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T23:15:34","slug":"why-i-am-climbing-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/18\/why-i-am-climbing-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I am Climbing Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_00471.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_00471-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ida and Alan\" title=\"Ida and Alan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1992\" \/><\/a>Regular readers of my site know the answer to this.  However,   look<\/a>  as I finalize my preparations to climb Everest in less than two weeks,   I created this brief video that explains my motivation and plans.<\/p>\n<p>I will do everything I can to reach the summit of Everest, ambulance<\/a>  but of greater importance is to raise awareness of the growing epidemic of Alzheimer&#8217;s and the urgent need for increased funding for research.<\/p>\n<p>The Alzheimer&#8217;s Association just released a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alz.org\/alzheimers_disease_facts_and_figures.asp\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> showing the dramatic increase in Alzheimer&#8217;s and thus the urgency for a cure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every 69 seconds someone in the United States develops Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>More than 60 percent of family caregivers report high levels of stress because of the prolonged duration of caregiving and 33 percent report symptoms of depression.<\/li>\n<li>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease is the most common type of dementia.<\/li>\n<li>One in eight older Americans has Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/li>\n<li>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease is the fifth leading cause of death for those 65 and older.<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 15 million Americans provide unpaid Alzheimer&#8217;s care for a person with Alzheimer&#8217;s disease or another dementia.<\/li>\n<li>The projected cost of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease care by 2050 &#8212; $1.1 Trillion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are not just cold facts, they represent real people -like my mom &#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BQJtCBf26Rg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can donate to research at The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.curealzfund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cure Alzheimer&#8217;s Fund<\/a> where 100% of your donation goes to fund promising research. Please read more at their site.<\/p>\n<p>Family caregivers receive eduction and support though the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfcacares.org\/\">National Family Caregivers Association<\/a>. The impact on caregivers is astounding and debilitating sometimes destroying families, finances and the caregiver themselves.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/images\/buttons\/donate.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Please Donate for Research Today\" width=\"110\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Climb On!<br \/>\nAlan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regular readers of my site know the answer to this. 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