Summit Up Update
Posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
As Mark Zimmer continues his Summit Up quest, he will begin to check in with Cloudveil more regularly. He has written twice already for The Mountain Culture, detailing his excursions by blog. Before his weekly updates start flowing in, he wanted to give a brief recap of how he’s been spending his time. And why.
Here’s Mark:
Quick re-cap
Before I go jumping right into the stories of my travels, I thought it would be a good idea to re-introduce myself to make sure we are all on the same page.
First impressions are not usually fun, but they can be fun when they are through type.
It isn’t possible to read someone’s body language, and therefore it is hard to tell whether they are telling the truth. To capitalize on this, my name is Mark Zimmer and I am basically perfect in every way. I often have gorgeous women stalking me, I coach many professional athletes, and I almost understand the metric system. Amazing, huh?
Now for the truth. … My name is Mark Zimmer and I am a 23 year old from Grand Rapids, Michigan. Starting this month, I am going to begin climbing the highest peak in each of the 50 states to raise money for Alzheimer’s research. To raise this money, I am both collecting personal donations and flying flags for my sponsors on each of the 50 peaks. I plan to average one peak per month, and I will be releasing a weekly blog posts and short videos to keep you up to date on my travels.
Hopefully I generate some amusement for you along the way, and hey, I might even serve a useful purpose and raise some awareness for Alzheimer’s.
Read more about Mark’s project here.
