Jeez people, get yer minds out of the gutter... My wife reads my blog occasionally and she told me in no uncertain terms, "No Altitude tent, but you can get your fat lazy @$$ to the gym."
In 1986, doctors discovered that my Kidneys were failing, they gradually got worse until September 25, 2000 when my mother donated a kidney.
After the transplant, I felt like I needed to prove something to myself, so I took a bicycle tour(PACTour) across the US. I've competed at the US and the World Transplant Games as well as in Ultra distance events. My transplant will likely fail in the next couple of months and I'm currently preparing to go on dialysis.