Author: Stacey

I have been on some little adventures lately. Saturday, I went for a bike ride with Dave at Crystal Springs, and Sunday I took a little “climbing road trip” to Cragmont Park, in Berkeley. The bike ride was beautiful but humbling. Dave can walk as fast as I ride right now. In fact, as I…

On Wednesday, I had a blood draw and the nurse just called to let me know that the test results showed that everything is going fine. Kidney function and cyclosporine levels are all normal. After the blood draw, I went to visit Gwen and David, who were staying on the ground floor. They are both…

Felix, the site looks great now. Thank you for your time and encouragement. Yes, it’s on to 5.10a’s these days. I climbed with Amanda and Cindy yesterday and even tried some steep overhangs. Much to my surprise, I accomplished the routes with just a few rests. Life on other fronts is not going so well.…

Amelia, thank you for visiting my site! I would be honored to be featured on your site, and will contact you today by e-mail. It was a wonderful morning. I met my new friend, Gillian, at the gym today. We had a great time climbing and making plans for future trips. I was especially encouraged…

Last Sunday, I went to the Stanford stadium with Dave and got a full workout in…10 trips up and down. I was so pleased because that is what I used to do before the setback, so things are getting better. Today, after my “gastric emptying test” at the hospital, I visited my friends David and…

I’ve been able to get out on some nice hikes lately. On Friday, I went with Julie, Ian and Lucy Humphreys (as well as their dog, Hugo) to Arastradero Preserve. I wasn’t feeling so well, so we only went on a short walk. We walked to the lake and relaxed a little while. Yesterday, Carrie…

Denise, thanks for your note. I hope everyone gets a chance to check out the new Wind Song home page! Also, I received the cookbooks and videos you ordered. Thank you so much. I’m looking forward to using them! Yesterday I met Rhona and her girls for climbing at Belmont. Zoe and Maya haven’t been…

Mom, thank you for adopting me 36 years ago! I am so grateful to you and my late father, Glenn Collver, for giving me a loving family, a happy childhood and the opportunities for a better life in the U.S. (I am sure I would not have survived LAM in Taiwan, among other things.) Today…

At the USA Climbing Western #@*%!isional Climbing competition, many of the kids from my old team put in a very good showing. They are now older, more experienced, and stronger, and doing well with their new coaches. Josh(11) and Yuri(8) Levin both qualified to go to the National Championships. There were several other national qualifiers…

Yesterday, I went for a nature walk with Isa and Rupie. There is a wonderful little park by Isa’s house in Redwood City that has hiking trails. We chose the paths with hills to open up our lungs. The paths went through the forest and at one point there was a creek we had to…