29,000 feet and climbing.

Talk about hard core, I am officially never allowed to complain about how difficult elevated hiking is on my lungs. Cindy Abbott, a fellow Wegener’s sufferer, will soon be summiting Mount Everest as she strives to raise awareness for the disease and exemplify the importance of living life to its fullest—along with multiple other meritorious goals. Abbott is currently raising funds to travel to Antarctica to train with her guide on a measly 16,000 foot mountain called Mount Vinson.

Jeez. What a rockstar. Read more here: Los Angeles Woman Attempts to Climb Mount Everest and here: Lecturer Struck With Rare Disease

Incredible photo by Rupert Taylor-Price