Update from the Mountain 7/12
Zac's Mom, here, with an update on Zac's Whitney Quest...
There have been two phone calls from the Team via satellite phone. On Monday night after two days of hiking, things were very positive: Zac was feeling great, no problems with the altitude or fatigue (all the 6am training paid off, David) and the team was considering going for the summit on Tuesday.
And then Zac called Tuesday morning and said the rangers had come by to report the weather on the summit was very unstable, electrical storms and hail in addition to the extensive snow field they had to traverse. They decided to stay put for a day at the second campsite (Constellation Lake, I think) and make a decision this morning about how to proceed. According to Zac, it was not looking very likely that they would make it to the summit.
Ahhhh....before he left, I told Zac that he's already climbed "The Mountain", he's a fighter, a survivor. And an inspiration to many.
"The mountain will always be there."
Brenda (Zac's proud Mom)
PS: To date, ZWQ has raised $13,000 for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and The Center for Children's Brain Tumors! Go Zac!
And for those of you that didn't see the news story that Matthew Glaser at Channel 8 produced on Zac's Whitney Quest, here's the link:
http://www.kfmb.com/features/healthcast/story.php?id=55600, click on "watch video".
There have been two phone calls from the Team via satellite phone. On Monday night after two days of hiking, things were very positive: Zac was feeling great, no problems with the altitude or fatigue (all the 6am training paid off, David) and the team was considering going for the summit on Tuesday.
And then Zac called Tuesday morning and said the rangers had come by to report the weather on the summit was very unstable, electrical storms and hail in addition to the extensive snow field they had to traverse. They decided to stay put for a day at the second campsite (Constellation Lake, I think) and make a decision this morning about how to proceed. According to Zac, it was not looking very likely that they would make it to the summit.
Ahhhh....before he left, I told Zac that he's already climbed "The Mountain", he's a fighter, a survivor. And an inspiration to many.
"The mountain will always be there."
Brenda (Zac's proud Mom)
PS: To date, ZWQ has raised $13,000 for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health and The Center for Children's Brain Tumors! Go Zac!
And for those of you that didn't see the news story that Matthew Glaser at Channel 8 produced on Zac's Whitney Quest, here's the link:
http://www.kfmb.com/features/healthcast/story.php?id=55600, click on "watch video".
posted by Zac York at 9:00 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the update Brenda! And way to go Zac! What you are doing is amazing... on all fronts!!
Torrey (Palmer)
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