Mount Wai'ale'ale, the Alakai, the Na Pali Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, SCUBA Diving the Regulars www.theRegulars.org Alzheimers Association Alzheimer’s disease Michael J Fox Foundation www.michaeljfox.org Parkinson’s disease Team Fox www.teamfox.org
I love the name "Providence"
Creating from nothing Charity Trying hard Volunteering Renaissance art Pre-Raphaelite Artists
Writing, Graphic Design, My Photography, Writing & Recording Music, Politics, Challenge, Places so hard to reach that they feel almost mythical and secret once you’ve gone through the pain & sweat drenched effort to reach them.
My ancestors, All the relatives in my extended family and my wife’s family. Simone Chadwick Sferazza Davis La Rizza Giglia Rocarro Albertelli Rapp Vitale DiPippo Pippi
Müzik
Above virtually all other things music inspires me.........It's a personal thing.
We each take what we want and what we need from it.
Music and songs stir the imagination, and evoke powerful emotions. Music at it's purest and drawn from the writers own creative springs finds its way into people like food for the very soul. Since the dawn of time music has been the soundtrack to countless memories, and then again years later it weaves its way back into the heart of recalling these special times.
To a person with Alzheimers disease music is a whisper, a beckoning, an occasion to look clearly out of the mist for a short while, and travel on a melody back through eons of time to revisit a special person, place or moment. Where in vivid clarity that moment can be recalled in complete lucidity.
Music is the gift, the ticket and the way.
Filmler
the Mission, Time of the Gypsies, the Professional
Televizyon
Lost, Discovery Channel, History Channel
Kitaplar
The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli,.... Meditations, by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius,.... Mountaineering, the Freedom of the Hills,.... Koolau the Leper, by Jack London
Da Vinci. . .
Michelangelo . . .
Caravaggio . . .
The family man and woman who believe in themselves and support their childrens dreams and aspirations,.... Anyone brave enough to go their own way when the rest of the world criticizes them and tries to hold them down,....................... The one standing in the arena.
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I have a dream. Let me tell you about it.
There is a world full of mountains out there, and I believe we can climb and conquer many of them. While we fix our sights on reaching each summit as a personal goal, we can do something good for our fellow men and women; for our parents, grandparents, sisters, brothers, friends and relatives
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I’ve formed an international team of strong willed, adventurous, and altruistic individuals who join me in mounting what may very well be the grandest, most physically demanding, and exciting campaign ever attempted to get the word out, and promote the need for a cure If you climb, trek, explore, and you’ve always been interested in doing great things for others then maybe this is for you. As one of "the Regulars", one can be Rich or Poor, from a high-rise penthouse, the ghetto or the back woods. One can be from New York, Tokyo, Moscow, London, Budapest, Rome, Canicatti, Somers or the next town over. You can be anything and from anywhere . . . just be driven with a passion to succeed Symbolic? Yes.
As a gesture, and a show of faith? Absolutely.
An inspiration? I hope so.
Ultimately . . . we hope to help conquer both Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Dare to dream , but unfortunately there are no cures (at the moment). This, by the way is my friend Chris (in this YouTube movie).....Does he need to say anything more? He and 6 million other people around the world are fighters...fighting everyday with a disease called Parkinson's. Asking for a cure is no good....demanding it and chasing it down is why we do what we do.
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With you joining in this effort; the Regulars intend to shout the need for these cures from the top of the worlds most prominent mountains. It's a tragedy to loose the one thing in life, which is ours and ours alone – our memory. The ability to open the book of our own lives only to fumble through blank pages of memories, stories, and experiences we may never be able to recall. Loose our sense of self-reliance. Loose the recognition of those people nearest and dearest to us in a sea of obscure and nameless faces usually reserved for one looking out upon a busy street in a city one has never been. Anyone who has known another person with Alzheimer's knows first hand the devastating affect it ultimately has on the individual and his or her family.
Likewise, the sometimes unkind stares from strangers watching as a person with Parkinson's disease struggles against ones own body. His or her body tremmors and jitters uncontrolably, or alternately slows down almost to a halt and becomes captive to the stillness and rigidity of a body frozen in slow motion. The simplest of tasks become almost impossible. All the while one recalls in complete lucidity a time when the same hands and feet they now battle to control, moved with utter grace and steady conviction.
My plan is to have "the Regulars" climb 10 mountains in 10 years . By virtue of our success, we wish to raise the general awareness of what Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease is; and with the help of concerned individuals around the world we hope to raise funds needed to fight for their cures. My vision is of a team of men and women of all ages, and from all places around the world converging upon a new mountain top once a year, every year, for the next decade. A victory in reaching these summits is symbolic of overcoming the many challenging milestones in medical research needed to find the cause and a cure for these terrible diseases. Collectively, our route around the world, and to the summit of each mountain from first to last will be named "Trail called Hope," in honor of those families who have been directly affected by Alzheimer's Disease or Parkinson's Disease, and those people who diligently battle to find a cure We salute their light and their brilliance.
We put our hope in their success.
The reason why? Four million Americans have Alzheimer's disease . Unless a cure is found the number will be 14 million by the year 2050. It is estimated that 22 million people throughout the world will have Alzheimer's disease by 2025 . The disease usually begins after age 60, although while rare, it can affect people in their 40's and 50's, this is known as early onset dementia.
Today, more than six million people worldwide are living with Parkinson's disease , and 40% of those people are under the age of sixty. Parkinson’s disease is a chronic degenerative neurological disorder which usually progresses from mild tremors to complete physical incapacitation. Ultimately it leaves people unable to move, speak or swallow. In the United States of America, over the course of this year 60,000 new cases will be diagnosed .
This is serious!
These diseases do not discriminate. Anyone is fair game, and someday when you least expect it, Alzheimer’s and / or Parkinson’s disease may set their sites on you . Scientists still need to learn more about what causes both of these diseases.
We as a people can help by educating ourselves on the subjects, and donating funds which will be used to push this agenda ...hard.
The unique aspect of this 10 Mountains - 10 Years plan is that it is a “yearly” opportunity for people, media, scientists, and governments to revisit the topic of each disease
It’s a look back into the past year to assess the strides made by all of the above. What did we learn? What steps were taken by researchers in medicine, and how much ground did they cover? How much money was raised for research & care givers organizations? How did the world governments help or hinder progress? Did the media help raise awareness for each cause? What did we all do to better life for those around us? Etc.
It is also a look ahead to the coming year, and the goals we set for ourselves as individuals and organizations. What will researchers be working on, and will they find the elusive cures which some how escape us? Will the world governments support programs for their own citizens struggling with Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease? Will we meet, exceed, or fall short of our fund raising goals? Will the media cover the topic more actively? What will we each do this year, either simply or elaborately to move the world in a positive direction? Ultimately, the "Trail called Hope" is a story of how a small group of regular people (like you and I) can decide that they can make a difference - great or small - then follow through with their personal promise to make it happen.
Who are the Regulars you might ask?
"The Regulars" are those people like you and I, who push through their 12 hour work days, or countless hours of diligent late night study, or possibly battle through personal illness and affliction, and still dedicate themselves to creation, exploration, inspiration and touching the world positively in their own ways. "The Regulars" are those men and women who were never up above it. Those who were always down in it, struggling against every day adversity, setting goals and climbing above them. People with a thick skinned individualism, driven by a deep sense of purpose and a pride in accomplishing something good. Our goal is simply stated, yet so hard to achieve: Climb Mountains and defeat these diseases.
To all of my fellow volunteers around the USA and the rest of the world, my hat is off to you. I applaud all the time, effort and pain you endure in seeing to it that Alzheimer’s disease is conquered, and Parkinson's disease is vanquished. If the road gets a little rough at times, things get hard, and you feel like giving up and giving in...don’t. Keep going, you can do it. The honor is now and always been in "trying", so never give up until they’re gone.
A thought in closing:
We each pay a fabulous price for our visions of paradise.
Spirits fly on dangerous missions.
Imaginations on fire.
Focused high on soaring ambitions
Consumed in a single desire.
In the grip of a nameless possession.
A slave to the drive of obsession.
A spirit with a vision is a dream with a mission
- Neil Peart
Even a journey of a hundred thousand miles starts with a single step. You can take that step toward helping the Regulars to conquer Parkinson's Disease once and for all. Please find it in your heart to support us in our world wide epic decade long quest to find a cure.
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Mountaineers, Rock Climbers, Trekkers, Cavers, SCUBA Divers, Writers, Photographers, Independent Film Makers...the man or woman with the cure for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
This is my friend Ken's Page. He's a renegade fighter to raise awareness & funds for Parkinson's disease research.
Here it is. You've been asking about how to help and support the Regulars on our quest for the cure. A great way to help us make it all possible is to visit the Regulars Cafepress Gear Store by clicking the following link.....
Thank you for the picture comment. I actually just dyed my hair blond. Had to try it once. It looks rather good, which is surprising to me, lol. Anyways, don't feel bad, I haven't been online very much over the past few months so I wouldn't have gotten to write back anyhow. I hope everything is going well and I'll try to stay up to date now that I can get online again. xx Reba =)
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