 Hi, I'm Alan Arnett and I'm raising a million dollars for Alzheimer's research. You know, right now I'm standing on top of a Colorado 14 or Capitol Peak. And I have great satisfaction right now after climbing this one because it's one of the harder ones. But what would happen if one day I couldn't remember that I ever even climbed this mountain? I couldn't remember the difficulty, I can't remember the satisfaction I feel right now. That's what Alzheimer's does to people and it's a devastating disease. I know this personally. I know the toll it can take on families, on finances, but most importantly I know the toll it takes on an individual, how it robs them of their identity and it can happen early in life, in the middle of life or at the end of life. I know this personally. What was that song that grandmother would always sing? Was it Froggy Goes Accordion? Yes it was. How'd you remember that? I don't know. I can't remember though how it went. Do you remember the song? I don't remember. I remember the song. Oh, he went on a portlin' and he did ride her. That's very good. Do you remember the tune? Do you remember the words at all? I probably, yeah. I remember it's Froggy Goes Accordion. And he does ride her. Froggy went on a portlin' and he did ride something on his side. I don't know if I remember the words. I don't remember the words either. So, if somebody could write something about you that was remembered your life, what would that be? Oh, my goodness. I would say I had a very pleasant life and wonderful memories of all my children and all of the things that came about. And I'm just thankful for the good years that I had for myself and my children. That's about all I could say. What else could I say? That's pretty good. Because I do really remember so many things about all of you and I could sit in. I believe to sit in and maybe write up some things for that. It's been a while. I'm washed out right up there. I'm washed out. Yeah. It's hard to remember those things. Well, my father was James B. Arnett. Oh, your kid, isn't he? And he passed away about two years ago. James B. Arnett? Yep, James B. Arnett. And my mother's name was Ida. Oh, come on. Arnett. No, come on. Why don't you say that? She's ironic. Oh, I'm sorry. You must like that name. I do. I love that name. Because that's my mother's name. Oh, it's not. It is. I'll never know. You know. You know deep down, you know. That's my mom, Ida Arnett. She struggled with Alzheimer's for eight years. And it finally took her life about three weeks ago. We celebrated her life, but we also celebrated the fact that there's hope. And there's going to be a world without Alzheimer's one day. But it's going to take a lot of more research than we're doing right now. And it's going to take a lot of money. And that's the reason I'm trying to raise a million dollars for Alzheimer's research. Well, hi, this is Alan. And obviously I'm back home after that summit of Capitol Peak in Colorado. You know, that was about a year and a half ago. And I've been working ever since trying to raise money for Alzheimer's causes. And I've partnered with two excellent organizations. The first of the Cure Alzheimer's Fund. And what I really like about them is that 100% of your donations go directly to research. And nothing goes to their overhead. And obviously nothing ever goes to me personally or to my supporters. The second organization that I'm working with National Family Caregivers Alliance. And this is a wonderful organization that provides information and support to families going through different types of caregiving challenges. So I really hope that you take a look at both of their websites. They both have dedicated pages on our climb on the seven summits climb for Alzheimer's memories or everything. So please take a look. And then also I want to talk a little bit about my seven summits climb and remind everybody that I'm asking for a pledge of only a penny a foot for every foot that I climb. So for example, for Mount Everest, that'd be about $190. It'd be a little over $800 for all the seven summits. And let me just kind of walk you through what the seven summits program looks like here over the next over the next year. And I've already submitted to starting with Mount Vinson in December. That's the highest Antarctica. And then the next in January of 2011 was Alconcagua, which was in South America. And next up is Mount Everest. And I'm leaving in a little under two weeks to go climb that. And then the rest of them throughout 2011. So here's what they look like. The first climb of the seven summits was to Antarctica, Mount Vinson, which I submitted on December 9th, 2010. Next up was in South America. This is the highest mountain outside the Himalayas, a little under 23,000 feet, Alconcagua. Summitted that on January 19th. Next up is Mount Everest, highest in the world, a little over 29,000 feet. I'll be climbing that in April and May of 2011. After that, quickly after that, is off to Denali, the highest point in North America, be climbing that in July. Quickly followed by the highest mountain in Europe, Mount Everest, which is in Russia, a little over 18,000 feet. And then down to Africa to see the top of Africa, the roof of Africa, Kilimanjaro, the snows of Kilimanjaro. And that'll be in September. After that, finishing up almost with Karstas Pyramid, which is the highest in New Guinea. So technical climb at about 16,000 feet in Papau. And then finally, a little bump in Oceana in Australia called Cozi Esco. That's the seven summits. Hope you're following along. Climb on. Okay. So that's it. Just want to also thank my supporters, the Alzheimer's immunotherapy program, the AIP program of the Janssen Alzheimer's immunotherapy and Pfizer. They're funding all of my climbs. So this means that 100% of your donations go directly to Alzheimer's causes. And this is really critical. Nothing ever goes to me personally. Nothing goes to support my climbs. Nothing goes to any of my supporters. All of your donations go directly to research and to caregiver causes. So that's really important. That's critical. And it helps you understand that your money is being spent only on Alzheimer's. So thanks a lot, everybody. I hope you follow along with lots of different ways to do it. On my website, which is alanarnette.com, at our Facebook page, which is Facebook backslash climb4ad. You can go to the climb4ad.com website, which explains the entire campaign and all of the supporters and all the other information there. So lots of places to go. No matter where you go, I hope that you follow. But most importantly is I hope that you make a donation to the Alzheimer's organizations that we've mentioned here today. And that we find a cure for this disease because that's what it's all about. Okay. Hey, thanks everybody. Climb on. This is Alan. And remember, memories are everything.