The 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything is a year-long challenge by mountain climber and Alzheimer’s disease advocate Alan Arnette to scale the 7 Summits, the highest peaks on each continent. Alan climbs in memory of his mother, who passed away in 2009 from Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease ...
November 5, 2010
Alan Arnette is headed back to the mountains, this time planning to climb the highest peak on each continent while raising awareness and funds for Alzheimer’s research. We first introduced you to Alan Arnette back in 2007 when he embarked upon an adventure he called “The Road Back to Mount Everest: ...
February 25, 2010
The Road Back to Mt. Everest Mountain climber Alan Arnette “Standing at 27,200’ on the icy slopes of Mount Everest in 2003, I lectured myself between gags that this was it. No more. I was too old and my body was just not fit for high altitude mountaineering. After all, it was ...
July 5, 2007
As part of a yearlong journey and fund-raising campaign that will culminate with an Everest summit attempt in May 2008, Alan Arnette is in Tibet to climb Shisha Pangma. Alan’s mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and Alan has incorporated a $100,000 fund-raising campaign as part of his effort to summit ...
October 9, 2007
Alan Arnette began this journey, his Road Back to Everest: Memories are Everything Campaign in June 2007 with a climb on Denali in Alaska. His adventures are more then just mountaineering excursions as this quest also involves trying to raise $100,000 for Alzheimer’s disease research. In September, he continued on to ...
January 1, 2008
Cure Alzheimer’s Fund together with Janssen Alzheimer Immunotherapy and Pfizer is pleased to announce the addition of the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) to The 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything campaign. NFCA joins just as alpine mountaineer and Alzheimer’s disease advocate Alan Arnette successfully summitted ...
February 3, 2011
Alan Arnette, raising funds for Alzheimer’s research, successfully completed his first summit as part of The 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s. Congratulations Alan! Here is a bit from his most recent dispatch: The true summit is quite tiny, room for two people with quite a drop-off. But the large summit ...
December 13, 2010
Alan Arnette is in Antarctica climbing Mt. Vinson as part of his 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s. Check out his first audio dispatch as he describes his flight in and the pristine snowy landscape of summer near the south pole. It’s hard to imagine that it’s light all day right ...
December 1, 2010
The 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything is a year-long challenge by mountain climber and Alzheimer’s disease advocate Alan Arnette to scale the 7 summits, the highest peak on each continent. Alan is striving to raise $1 million to advance Alzheimer’s research, and provide support for family ...
May 11, 2011
Alan Arnette was featured yesterday on Fox channel 43 announcing his 7 Summits Climb for Alzheimer’s: Memories are Everything. In this year-long challegne, Alan will attempt the highest summit on each continent. He’s featured in this live clip explaining that he’s taking on this challenge in honor and memory of his ...
November 10, 2010
