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Friday, May 8th from 5-8pm join the Springfield Astronomical Society on Discovery Center patio to look at both Saturn and the moon. Join Discovery Center of Springfield for the May Star Party, May 8th 5-8pm.ĭiscovery Center continues to focus on the International Year of Astronomy.

Feel good that you're contributing to a more bicycle/pedestrian friendly Springfield.

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Get your free Panera breakfast coupon from us when we get your tally sheet (oh sweet coffee & bagel).

Turn in your tally sheet to us by email or mail or bike messenger (businesses with the most participation win the coveted traveling Challenge Trophy and prizes).

Register your workplace or school and print the handy sign-in sheet to tally your workplace participation (choose one person to be your contact person).

Don't forget to tell them everyone who participates at least one day that week gets a free breakfast from Panera.

Recruit your co-workers to take the Challenge, and compete for the coveted traveling Challenge Trophy.

Decide to take the Challenge - To get to and from work without your car at least one day during May 11-15.

A good feeling about helping create a bike/pedestrian friendly community.

Opportunity for your business to win a traveling trophy.

Free Ozark Greenways membership for participating 3+ days.

Free showers/towels at the YMCA's and any Cox Fitness Center, the Meyer Center.

Free city bus rides all week for those traveling with a bike.

Free breakfast from Panera (a free coffee & bagel could save the world).

Like improving your health and saving resources, participating in Bike, Bus, Walk Week, does have extra perks - free stuff!

Improve your health, energy and productivity.

Save time by combining exercise and commuting.

Businesses get attention for participating.

Only one helicopter evacuation but nothing serious!! I should be able to report in several more times before reaching Everest Base Camp.ġ0 Reasons you should try alternative commuting: Met another xtreme-Everest group coming down from base camp all looked well and have enjoyed the trek. We expect more changes as we ascend another 8000 ft over the next week. Appetites are down but still good after the exertion. Daily measurements have shown a decrease in blood oxygen saturation and compensatory increases in pulse and respiratory rates. The group is handling both the walking and the altitude well. We will spend two days here acclimating to the change in altitude. The trail has been crowded with other trekkers from around the world, porters lugging everything from rice and cases of beer to lumber and steel pipe, and yak trains loaded with gear. This is the main trade and tourist route to the Kumba Valley as this area has no roads and one airstrip. Hot and dusty walking throuhg beautiful pine and rhododendron forests on a trail of dirt, rock, and steps. Two days of trekking and a 2500 foot gain in elevation from Lukla led us to the largest village on our trek. Two rest days here for adaptation, then two and a half trekking days to Baswe Camp by Friday.Įnjoyable and fun as we go onward and upward!! Celebrated my birthday in style yesterday with a silly Sherpa hat and card at breakfast and a birthday cake after dinner decorated with 'Happy Birthday' written in ketchup! The Nepalese use what they have. I haven't knowingly eaten yak! Glad to have my Starbucks instant and the Askinosie chocolates. Hydration is important.įood is ok - the grilled coleslaw sandwich with fries at lunch yesterday was a first breakfast consists of omelet, oatmeal, and toast. Blood hemoglobin levels are rising impressively (mine is 19.3) as the bone marrow responds to hypoxia with increased red cell production. We've lost over 1/3 of our air according to our group's atmospheric physicist. 7 doctors and two nurses handle everything. Resting blood oxygen saturation is 88-90%, dropping to to 80% with 2 minutes of light exercise.

Our pulse and respiratory rates continue to rise with altitude. A few snow showers yesterday but still walking in shorts bundling up when the sun goes down.We trekked under the shadow of Ama Dubham and are well above the tree line now. We've climbed to Periche at 14,200 ft - the climb involved multiple ups and downs to cross river valleys and suspension bridges. Everest and sister peak Lhotse popped through the clouds several times in the past two days.

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