Bring On The Taco Vibes For Jello!!

Jeff Lowe is finally slightly improved in the ICU step down unit. Yesterday was tough, today he is finally in the bed (not in the wheelchair sitting up) , coughing less and sleeping! Yay!! Hoping to head home on Sunday!! Prayers and fingers crossed here! Thanks for all the love everyone!

Dear Jeff Lowe: On one of my better days, I was briefly mistaken for you! No joke! That was back in 1975 or somewhere in there, in Yosemite, and the resemblance was superficial: lots of hair, bandanna and conspicuous glasses. It was a fine day on Royal Arches, when I dragged myself and my hair onto the surprisingly crowded big ledge at the top of the Rotten Log Pitch and sat down heavily and started pulling up rope. I was still sputtering and muttering after the encounter with the saggy Log, which had wheezed rotten woodmeal into my face while I’d desperately clutched my way up the ghastly thing. From one of the resting climbers perching on the ledge, came an earnest, hopeful voice, tremulous with awe: “Are . . . you . . . Jeff . . . Lowe?????” For a few seconds, I planned to say yes, just for the glory, however ephemeral. But then came a huge, violent bray of laughter from one of the other inhabitants of the ledge: your cousin George, who knew too well what a duffer I was! To my intense irritation, George continued to laugh about this risible mistake for far too many minutes, his brassy honks of mirth bouncing off Washington Column and the Apron and Half Dome. For all I know, the echoes of George’s laughter are still rattling faintly over the Valley, wall to wall. I don’t think you and I ever met properly, but I would like to report to you what a fine example of honor and grace you’ve set for me then, after and now, and thank you for allowing me to enjoy the smooth burn of that brief and flattering confusion. I grew a foot that day, no matter what George thought! Thanks for all of it!

Connie loves Jello.

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult – it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself.

Here's to bein' human.

Here's to doin' the best we can do.

A flea and a fly in a flue
Were imprisoned, so what could they do?
Said the fly, "let us flee!"
"Let us fly!" said the flea.
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.

UPDATE from Connie Self - Jeff is sitting up in his wheelchair today!! Goal is 4-5 hrs up and then to bed for a good nights sleep! Yay!! Thanks for all the love! Keep it comin' cuz it's workin'! Join me and Phil Broscovak TONIGHT in Louisville, CO for an intimate screening of Jeff Lowe's Metanoia at the Performing Arts Center. I will be there for a live Q and A, the latest news about Jeff Lowe, signed Metanoia dvds, Ice World books, Metanoia water bottles, signed iconic photos and more! Proceeds go to the Jeffery G Lowe Special Needs Trust for his homecare and medical needs not covered by insurance. You can also contribute to directly to the trust by messaging me. Hugs to all!

C'mon people. A great leader and inspirational member of our tribe needs some help. He is still all there, sharp as a tack, but trapped in a body that won't work.

If you send Connie (Conner) $25 it should get you a Clean Walls dvd.
Metanoia is more than twice for numerous reasons beyond me.