Michael Matt to Climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Frank Walker linked to this at C212 as his main headline today with a question mark, which itself and reading the link gave me a slight chuckle. Which is always welcome for my serotonin levels.  

MM is uniting the clans! By preparing a fundraiser for him climbing the highest mountain in Africa to raise $ for a traditional order/ mission in Africa.  Unite the clans is a good thing by the way, generally speaking. See the fundraiser link at the Remnant to donate and support MM. I will say any mountain that has in its name what sounds like “kill a man” raises concern.  

The majority fail to summit because it is even more grueling a trek to the top and mountaineering climb, minus technical climbing with a rope, than Everest, because of the extremely high altitude and very steep ascent. MM will need to be in very good aerobic health, probably take supplemental oxygen, have medical advisors to avoid altitude sickness, and have the grit of a David Goggins. 

He doesn’t look exactly athletic (neither am I), plus he’s not a young man, but considering his zeal for the cause of Catholic Tradition, and to raise that $, I imagine he’ll be training hard between now and July.  My bet is he makes the summit. It’s all a bit comedic, but fun, inspiring, and will be a fun story to follow as a traditional Catholic.  It does take 7 days to reach the summit, and I’m sure a few more to go back down.  

Maybe I’ll do something like this one day in the future to say raise $ for Silver City or Clear Creek monastery, but on a smaller scale. In my health recovery journey right now—see last post giving update—one goal is to get back into mountain biking, and a dream would be a two day bike journey to CC monastery and back. Maybe I’ll raise some $ for that.  God speed MM.