I have a t-shirt with my blog address emblazened across the front and a picture of me standing atop Mount Monadnock (designed by Patrick Halladay) on the back. I often wear it when I work out. It occurred to me that more people have read my t-shirt than my blog, but according to my blog stats, 3,830 people, besides me, have clicked onto dontletmefail!

We are also getting close to $2000 in donations to the Eden Fund, which is especially gratifying.

The forecast for Sunday’s climb is 71 degrees, partly cloudy, with 0% chance of precipitation. We are all systems go.

On Sunday I set the treadmill on 20 and walked for 2.5 miles, then I set the Arc Strider on 10 for another 15 minutes. Then I lifted weights. I think I am ready.

Besides my sons, I will be accompanied on Monadnock by my friend David, who will be playing the part of Tenzing Norguay. (Norguay was the Sherpa who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary to the top of Everest) David has climbed Monadnock many times, and will urge me on, no doubt with the fervor of Bundini Brown during the Ali-Frazier fights. Should be interesting…

People have been asking, what will become of the blog once the climb is done? I will probably add one or two messages, postscript, but I will retire the blog and move onto other things. I have been considering some ghostwriting, but I will start small, with, say, grocery lists, and move up.