Climb Against the Odds 2010: 'Save Our Peaks' Benefit A Success!

On Sunday, June 6th, Brian and I hosted 'Save Our Peaks' - A Breast Cancer Prevention Benefit at the fabulous North Bend Bar & Grill: http://northbendbarandgrill.com/. Thanks to the very generous owner of the North Bend Bar & Grill - Keith, the wonderful General Manager Liz, all of the great staff of the Bar & Grill, and all of our friends and fellow North Bend neighbors, we raised $3,500 for the Breast Cancer Fund!

Thank you to all of our 'Outdoor Experts' that came to talk with guests: Nathan & Jer Barnes from www.hikingwithmybrother.com, Tracie and Bear from King County Search & Rescue: http://www.kcesar.org/, Brian Johnson - North Bend based climber, Martin Volken - owner of Pro Guiding Service: http://www.proguiding.com/, and LaVonne Finnerud - Team LUNA Chix: http://www.teamlunachix.com. A special thank you to Casi Heintzman for organizing our trivia night, to all of the local Seattle and North Bend vendors that contributed gifts for the raffle, silent auction, and trivia, to Carly Chomer and Connie George for helping support the event from afar, and to Laura Geggel and Allison Espiritu for the great articles on the event!

It made my heart swell how supportive our family, friends and the community have been. Thank you so much for coming out to the Bar & Grill to eat, drink, buy raffle tickets, bid on silent auction items, play some trivia, and just keep us company :) We really appreciate it, as do all of the women who will benefit from your contributions by learning ways to avoid breast cancer in the first place!

Brian and I leave for Mt. Shasta this Friday. I head up for the summit on June 16th. You can get the latest updates at http://www.insideprevention.org/climb_against_the_odds/. I'm ready to climb that beautiful mountain... and carry those prayer flags to the top for loved ones that have fallen to or are still struggling against cancer!

Our Breast Cancer Fund table outside the Bar and Grill

Jamie and some of the featured 'Outdoor Experts' - Nathan & Jer, founders of http://www.hikingwithmybrother.com/

Check out the banner the restaurant made for me to take to Shasta. We are going to get a team picture with it... maybe I'll even carry it to the top! :)