Dr. Martin Walker, the incredible fetal syndrome surgeon from Seattle and Dr. Peter Wall, the amazing obstetrician and Climb For Kids board member, summited Mt. Rainier a week ago following the Ingraham direct route up to the top. Accompanying them was Ian MacDuff, who had some rather peculiar coincidences with me two weeks ago on our hike up to Camp Muir.
The day was pretty special, apparently. While we were having terrible conditions in Seattle, the conditions on the mountain were good enough for a successful summit. I’d like to think they had a special guide for the weekend, as it actually was Father’s Day when they summitted. It was just all too weird that on Father’s Day, the two doctors who graciously helped my two daughters, were given a small window of opportunity to top out on the summit. And Ian, whom I barely know and amazingly has a daughter named Emma, was tapped to accompany them. In the photo above you’ll see Ian has my special titanium ice axe that will always display the names of my daughters.
According to the team, nothing out of the ordinary occurred while on the mountain, but that’s all the better. I could tell that Emma was with them in spirit, and helped these incredible folks reach the summit unscathed. Congrats to Ian, the two docs and the entire team.
