We did it!

THANK YOU!

At 5:25am on July 24th, we reached Rainier's crater rim, about 45 minutes later we were standing on top of Washington!

An emotional day to say the least.

And it's here....

Time sure goes by fast....too fast.

I leave for Rainier tomorrow morning @ 6am.

Thank you too all those who donated, sent me well wishes, encouraged me, and stood by me! I will be climbing for you and all your loved ones who have had their lives somehow touched by breast cancer.

I'll be back Saturday night!

Until then....goodbye for now!

~David

Mount Shuksan Attempt

I had a great time, even though our climb to cut short due to high avy risk.

Trip report on Northwest Hikers

Enjoy!

I hope to get out for another climb soon! Next on the schedule is Little Tahoma on the 4th of July weekend!

~David

Goooooaaaallllll!!!!!!!!

$5000!

Need I say more....except....

THANK YOU!

McCready Fundraiser! :p

I'm sorry to say that the fundraiser at Fado has been canceled.

However Mike McCready (ummm, guitarist....Pearl Jam), has really come through for me (Thank You Chris Adams!)!!

I have a bunch of great PJ posters that are all signed by Mike (think Benaroya, Gorge....gems, etc), a bag of guitar picks, and an Angel 45 signed by Mike.

I'll try to get some photos of the items tonight! And they will be up for bid/sale soon!

Mt. Baker Ski Area - Mountaineers Snow Overnight

I had a great time camping in the snow with fellow Mountaineers at the Mt. Baker Backcountry Ski Area. Learning things like rope travel, crevasse rescue, belay methods, and team arrest are some very important things to be safe in the mountains!

Enjoy the pics! CLICK HERE FOR THE TRIP PHOTOS

David

One last push to the summit....

Hey all,

It's now coming down to the wire. Just a couple weeks left until my donations are due, and I'm about $1300 short. This has been one of the toughest challenges I've taken on, and I think I've done pretty well (with huge help from my wife Lisa). To date the climbers who are participating in the Fred Hutchinson Climb to Fight Breast Cancer have raised nearly $400,000!

Please take some time to visit my blog (http://climb4cure.blogspot.com), and let me know what you think...pass it along to friends and co-workers. Thousands of people out there are affected by breast cancer in many different ways. That's what fundraisers like this are all about, connecting people to help reach a common goal, in this case, to fight breast cancer.

Since my wife was diagnosed with breast cancer a couple years ago, it has been a wild ride....and now I feel we're reaching the calm AFTER the storm. Our lives seemed like they were on hold for a while. Now, it's time for us to make a push toward reaching our goals as a couple, and I think this climb represents that for myself. It's a culmination of many things for me personally, it's also a new beginning in alot of ways. I've joined Mountaineers Club of Seattle, and I hope this is only the beginning of my climbing career. I also hope to make new friends on Rainier, all of us will be fighting the internal struggle to get to the summit, all with a common thread.

We are also trying to put together a last minute fundraising party at Fado Irish Pub in downtown Seattle. We still need some raffle prizes to give away to people who donate at the fundraiser. If you have anything please let me know. We are trying to find things like sporting event tickets, and music/sports memorabilia.

Thank for your time, and continued support!

David Town

For more info on the Fred Hutchinson Climb to Fight Breast Cancer, please visit www.fhcrc.org/climb.

Music/Sports and Climbing to Fight Breast Cancer

If you have any music/sports memorabilia, event tickets, etc. to donate for a fundraising event, please email me at goodtruant@gmail.com!

Thanks!

Fundraiser details coming soon!

$1200+

Hi everyone! Sorry it's been so long since my last update! Life...it happens!

I'm happy to say that the art/auction at Talaricos was a success, raising over $1200!!

Thanks to eveyrone who came down! (I have the best family and friends!)
Big thanks to all of the artist who doanted!
Huge thanks to all of my sponsors!
Giant thanks to my special someone special! Lisa...there are no words.

Right now we stand at about $3500 raised, only $1500 to go!

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend!

TY!

David

Who's ready for some pizza???

Tomorrow is the night! 6-9pm @ Talarico's Pizzeria! (click the image for info on Talarico's)

Talarico's was nice enough to donate a couple of these pies!

Sample Donated Photos...and more!

Please Click here to view 11 of the donated photos!

So far there are 20 items up for auction! Thanks everyone!

Here's some pics of the custom shoulder bag Lisa made for the auction!

A HUGE thanks to Cortney at Wallflower Custom Framing for donating her time and frames for the Jason Hummel prints!







And, thank you to the West Seattle U-Frame-It for donating a $50 gift certificate! This will go a long way to as a special prize for someone who buys a matted print!





Please click on the images to visit thier respective websites!

TY TY TY TY !

A GIGANTIC Thanks to my wife Lisa! My biggest sponsor! She helped print, cut mats for, made and printed flyers, sewed some art that she has donated for the auction, and put together ALL of the photo packages! A truely fantastic person....that you should all meet at the event!