Board Member, John Rudolf, at Mt. Everest Base Camp
Pictured is John Rudolf between his brother, Matt, and son, John Collins Rudolf arriving at 17,400ft Everest Base Camp after 11 day trek from Lukla, Nepal. Base Camp will be John’s ‘home base’ for the next 6 weeks of climbing and acclimitizing.
NOTE: the highest peak in the photo is not Mt. Everest, whose west ridge is on the photo’s right side and whose summit is an additional 4000+ feet higher than the highest point in the photo.
YES: John Rudolf is definitely in awe and intimidated by the great challenge ahead!
JR’s blog is www.johnrudolf7summits.com.
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The 11-day Trek to Everest Base Camp
John Rudolf, Advisory Board Member for Andean Health & Development wrote this from the Himalayas. He is climbing Everest to raise funds and awareness for the new hospital project in Santo Domingo, Ecuador and is keeping us informed through his blog:
“Yesterday we hiked about 10 miles up a little traveled valley where massive Himalayan peaks towered above us past the village of Thome and then to the home village–Thame–of one of our Alpine Ascent lead guides, Lakpa Sherpa, whose incredible story [he became a US citizen just this year] I will discuss in a future post. Today we had a surprise morning visit from Seattle-based elite international Everest guide David Morton, who is leading a special private climb this Spring. David is a friend of both my brother Matt who is trekking to EBC with us, and myself, and is guiding his younger sister Audrey to EBC so it was a fun reunion of sorts this morning.
We then started a long day of hiking up some steep climbs towards EBC along the main route, spending time at the hundreds years old Buddhist Monastery of Tengboche, where we were able to quietly sit and watch 50 or more red robed monks in their afternoon prayer and chanting session. Religion and prayer is everywhere in Nepal and throughout the Khumbu, and I will also discuss that aspect in future blogs. For now, we are spending the night in the village of Tengboche, and I have just been informed that ‘hot soup is on!’!
Carpe Diem!
JR
April 7, 2010″
Learn more about Advisory Board Member, John Rudolf, by visiting the rest of his blog.
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David Gaus, Winner of Social Entrepreneur Award
Dr. David Gaus, Executive Director of Andean Health and Development, just received the 2010 Social Entrepreneur Award for Latin America by the Schwab Foundation. He is currently at the World Economic Forum in Cartagena, Colombia, accepting the award.
The Schwab Foundation identifies and advances the missions of the world’s true innovators. This is great achievement for Dr. Gaus and for Andean Health & Development (AHD), who have started a model to build self-sustaining health infrastructure in Ecuador. AHD provides high quality care to patients today, while emphasizing the education of tomorrow’s Ecuadorian doctors and nurses.
Learn more about the award and the other winners by viewing the Schwab Foundation’s Press Release (pdf). Special thanks to the Schwab Foundation for recognizing the innovation of AHD’s rural hospital model.
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John Rudolf in the New York Times
Andean Health and Development Advisory Board Member is climbing Mount Everest to raise funds and awareness for AHD’s new hospital project in Santo Domingo, Ecuador.
He is featured in this article Everyman on Everest by Timothy Egan in the Opinion section of the New York Times from March 31, 2010.
John is currently making the month-long trek to Everest basecamp to begin is ascent to becoming the 110th person to climb all Seven Summits. His blog is here: www.johnrudolf7summits.com
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AHD Board Member, John Rudolf, Climbing Everest for Hospital Santo Domingo!
Long-time AHD Board Member, John Rudolf, from Seattle was recently featured in a news piece from the Pudget Sound Business Journal: “Executive is 29,035 feet from his dream”
He has already climbed six of the world’s “7 Summits.” Everest is John’s final and 7th summit, and he is climbing it to raise funds and awareness for Andean Health and Development’s new hospital project in Santo Domingo, Ecuador.
John left today to start the trek to base camp with his brother and his son, a New York Times writer, who will document the trip in this summer’s edition of Notre Dame Magazine. The entire excursion will take two months.
If John in fact summits Everest, he will be the 100th person to climb all 7 summits, including New Guinea’s remote Carstensz Pyramid.
We are thrilled to have John Rudolf on the AHD team! Stay posted on his progress by going to www.johnrudolf7summits.com.
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