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    Climbing for Nurses

    By Beth | May 29, 2007

    On May 24th, Dr. Patrick Hickey, nursing professor from University of South Carolina, successfully climbed Mount Everest to raise money for the Summit Scholarship fund for nurses.

    As he was climbing he sent updates to his blog, so you can see an overview of his adventure here. As he says on his blog:

    “In 1993 I climbed a mountain that would forever change my life. From that climb came a dream to conquer the 7 Summits of the World. Join me as I try to make that dream a reality; I have saved the biggest and best for the last… Mt Everest.”

    His goal is to raise $29,035, or one dollar for every foot he climbs. So far he’s raised $7427, so we are hoping to get the word out via the nurse blogosphere so he can meet his goal.

    Thanks to RN Someday for the tip!

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    5 Responses to “Climbing for Nurses”

    1. gina Says:
      May 29th, 2007 at 12:32 pm

      Thanks so much beth!

    2. University Update Says:
      May 29th, 2007 at 2:10 pm

      Climbing for Nurses…

      …

    3. Change of Shift: Volume 1, No. 25 // Emergiblog Says:
      May 31st, 2007 at 3:29 am

      [...] boost from a nursing professor in a very unique way. Beth from Pixel RN passes along the details in Climbing for Nurses. This is totally cool! I’m making a donation - let’s help Dr. Hickey reach his [...]

    4. Judy Says:
      May 31st, 2007 at 2:09 pm

      It costs about $65,000 plus equipment to climb Everest. His major financial backers must have put up most of that cost. I hope they also donated significantly to his scholarship fund.

    5. Beth Says:
      May 31st, 2007 at 2:18 pm

      Interesting point, Judy.

      Here’s a link to his sponsors…

      http://www.myeverest.com/node/467

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