Good afternoon, Mother dear. I have returned from mountain climbing.

I Climbed (clumb?) from base camp at <8,000 feet to the summit at 10,000+. Not too shabby for a poor disabled veteran who's completely out of shape, huh?

They were also running a marathon and two "ultra marathons" -- one of 50 miles and the other of 100 miles. I didn't do any of the three. The climb was plenty for me.