All done and recovered

The race was exhausting. Near the end I was close to hypothermia - but obviously recovered. The coldest I was told was -65C (That's -85F for my USA friends) at the top of a mountain. I don't know of that was accurate or whether it was 'with wind chill' - but I can tell you - it was extremely cold and I was glad to finish that part of the race and get off the bald mountain top with heavy winds and back into the forest.

My shoulder was wrenched "up" while I had a bunch of weight on them (giving a piggyback to meet the rules of a challenge). Update 2020.06.18: It is mostly recovered now, though I still can't do chin-ups, and yes - this is not the 'Dr. will I be able to play the violin after I recover?' type statement - I really could do a few chin-ups at a time before the race.

Our team came in smack in the middle of the 12 teams (we were team 6.) The other team with someone over 30 came in position 12 - but to be fair, they had two gals from a part of the world that never sees 'negative' as part of the weather forecast temperature, they were also, for safety, not allowed up to the top of the bald mountain.

Every team seemed to have a great time and great attitudes towards the other teams. Wycliffe did a great job on this.

Thank you so much to everyone who donated. Not a penny goes to me, all of it goes to literacy as discussed in other blogs.

I hope I will be able to participate again.

But regardless, I will be a proponent for Literacy and Bible Translation for the rest of my life.

As I said near the beginning, I put my mouth where my money is (a play on the normal phrase), I have been supporting this cause since I was about 14 years old, and I plan on supporting it to the day I die. Regardless of what you year you read this, if you want more info, talk to me, email me or contact in your favorite way.