I've just spoken with Michael Leslie Peters very briefly and he announced breathlessly that they had just performed the highest gig in the world. I was holding Evan in my arms and Dylan was wrapped around my legs at the time so it was difficult to share truly in the full magnitude of the achievement! Mike’s speaking voice has sounded so strange for days now that often I have not been fully convinced that I am actually communicating with my husband at all!
What an achievement though in retrospect! I must give thanks that Mike, through all his recent health battles, has been able to fulfill such a life changing ambition. I can tell from my brief punctuated conversations over the last couple of weeks that this whole experience has changed him forever. Hopefully, the Everest Rocks event has helped to show the world that cancer does not have to be the end of the road.
I have no idea what is in store for Mike and I as a family with regards to cancer but I can only hope that if the going gets tough I will be able to draw strength myself from events like this.
Who knows what beckons for 2008!
To the toppermost of the poppermost!