The 2022 Power Over Parkinson’s Dolomite Mountain Trek in Italy is over, but the hikes and events of that week will stay with all of us for a lifetime. I had the most incredible experience hiking for the week with Alex Trepte, one of the four people on the trek with Parkinson’s. Alex has this […]
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We survived our first hike in snowy, icy, and very cold conditions. On this day, the whole team rose to the occasion – dressed properly, waling carefully, helping each other, we made a steep descent and arrived at our first coffee stop of the day. With this team, coffee (and bombardinos – a rum, eggs,
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IT’S SNOWING ON THE MOUNTAIN! We woke up to an unexpected four inches of snow covering the mountain. In this short episode we hear from the team at breakfast as each person looks forward to the excitement of the day.
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In this short episode Gina Lupino, one of our amazing Parkinson’s patients on the Dolomite trek, looks at some of the challenges she faces in the mountains, including finding a private place to pee, and talks about the inspiration of the other three people hiking with Parkinson’s.
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In this short episode, and with about six hours of hiking still in front of us, Francie Barron talks about why she has joined her second Power Over Parkinson’s trek and how she is inspired by the people on the trek with Parkinson’s.
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Will Kauffmann, now living in Luxembourg, joined the Power Over Parkinson’s trek to support his long time family friend John Crawford, but now also has a very personal connection to Parkinson’s.
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On our day three hike, Alex Trepte, another of our hikers with Parkinson’s, talks about how hard it can be to accept help, even though everyone around him is willing to offer it.
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Day three: in this episode Lisa Graham tells us what brought her to her third Power Over Parkinson’s trek.
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Day three: meet John Crawford, one of our trekkers with Parkinson’s. In this short episode John tells us why he traveled to Italy to join the Power Over Parkinson’s trek.
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One of our amazing guides, Anna Vecellio Del Monego of Dolomite Treks, offers her take on the team, the motivation, the determination, and the joy she gets from guiding this powerful team of people with Parkinson’s and those connected to people with Parkinson’s.
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And we’re ready to go on day two! After a long introduction to the Dolomites yesterday, the team is gathered at the start for day two, a shorter, more gentle hike than day 1. In this episode we check in with a few of the team members just minutes before we start.
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Day 1 of the Power Over Parkinson’s Dolomites Trek is in the books. 20 km/about 12.5 miles and 3600 feet of vertical gain, this was a tough hike for anyone regardless of Parkinson’s. In this short episode, nurse practitioner Sherrie Gould looks at the power of the team as we made our up and down
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Half way through our day one hike, Elena Andrews gives us a little insight on why she continues to travel the world for these Power Over Parkinson’s mountain treks.
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We are hiking! With about half the team assembled in Cortina we did our first acclimatization hike to a spectacular refugio overlooking the whole valley. Today we all got a look at just how powerful these mountains are. The trek officially starts with a welcome dinner tomorrow, then our 8-day adventure begins.
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We are one flight away from Italy. Jeff, Sherrie, and Marilyn are meeting up with most of the Dolomites team members tomorrow. In this episode we take a final look back at the 2013 Mt. Everest Base Camp trek with three short clips: Sherrie talking about a medical condition that caused two of our team
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After four years of planning and three years of cancellations we are finally on our way to Italy and the Dolomite Mountains. In this short episode your podcast host Jeff Seckendorf, Nurse Practitioner Sherrie Gould, and trekker Marilyn McCrary are close to boarding an airplane for Italy. Listen in as we are now just a
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The Dolomite team is on its way! This trek, in support of the Parkinson’s Association of San Diego, starts in a few days as team members are making their way to Cortina, Italy. In this episode we take another look back to 2013 and the trek to Mt. Everest Base Camp, this time hearing from
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During this episode, as we make our last few days of preparation for the Dolomite Trek, we are joined by nurse practitioner Sherrie Gould for a look back at trek number two to Mt. Everest Base Camp in 2013. Listen in as Sherrie describes that team’s reaction to seeing Mt. Everest for the first time
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As we look back on the Mt. Everest trek and look forward to the Dolomite trek you will hear, in the voices of those with Parkinson’s and those who care for the trekkers with Parkinson’s, the grit, determination, and drive to succeed at something that can seem, at times, impossible.
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