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Eulogy for Margarita M. Krupa, 7/16/45 – 1/4/12
If you’d like to view a complete obituary for my mom, please go to the “obituaries” link on http://www.petkusfuneralhomes.com/ and type in “Krupa” in the search field. It didn’t seem right to re-post the obit here, but many people were inspired by my eulogy speech on Sunday, so I thought I’d… Read On
Posted in Inspiration, People
Tagged adventure, cancer, children, death, eulogy, family, fun, grandchildren, healing, laughter, life, love, memorial, mother, Parkinson's, peace, travel
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Mountain Madness
Well, the time has come to get clean on the reality of my climbs, folks. Aw, geez – how do I say this? I want to climb, I really do! But two factors are making it really hard to commit: money & money. I simply don’t have $6k+ to climb… Read On
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, Peaks
Tagged Baker, brother, cancer, Denali, Hood, memorial, motivation, mountaineering, South America, summit, teamwork
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Mt. Rainier Summit Success!
Hello great readers! I’m super excited to report that I successfully summited Mt. Rainer on August 12, 2011 approximately at 6AM. It was really fantastic! The previous 4 days were spent learning crevasse rescue techniques with the RMI school. The three instructors, Adam, Andy, & Timmy were wonderful, very knowledgeable,… Read On
Posted in Peaks
Tagged crevasse, glacier, memorial, mountaineering, Mt. Rainier, RMI, success, summit, Washington
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Mt. Rainier Memorial
It’s finally happening, in just 2 short days I’ll be learning cravasse rescue on Mt. Rainier with the RMI guide company. This is also the first time I’ll be creating a memorial for my brother, Mickey. I still have to spray paint some rocks green, so people can know which… Read On
Posted in Nature, Peaks
Tagged adventure, Ashford, brother, cancer, climbing, Lake Alder, living life to the fullest, memorial, mountaineering, Mt. Rainier, nature, sibling, Washington
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