Construction Sign, New York City: Image taken on a Jay Maisel Workshop, NYC, November 2012
For too long now I have thought I should start a blog. I do have my own photography website – tworoadsphotography.com – and I am an occasional user of Facebook, but I have never ventured much further than that, and am truly a social media novice. However, with a significant new adventure happening in my immediate future, the time has come for me to “get with the program”, and to start blogging. So consider this a blog and a social media experiment “under construction” – hence the image above.
In August this year, I will be leading a climb up Mt Kilimanjaro, a climb that is being undertaken as part of a capital campaign being run by Canadian Blood Services, a campaign called For All Canadians. This campaign is aimed at raising funds and awareness in support of the umbilical cord blood bank that is being built by Canadian Blood Services. And as part of that campaign, I and 25 other adventurous souls are climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, in our Climb4Cord.
Today marks an important milestone – we have just counted down to day minus 99 until we start our climb, and so I have decided I will now start the blog that tells my story of how this came to be, how I am preparing for it, and of course the adventures that happen on the climb itself and immediately thereafter.
This will be a blog of stories, pictures and my personal musings. I welcome your following me here, and of course I welcome any feedback, advice and support you can offer me and those who will be climbing with me. Who knows where this will all take me? What matters is the journey, and the lessons learned along the way. This has always been my motto in life, and now I am taking that to the next level – literally and figuratively.
Musings and Adventures of Graham Sher 