Prostate Cancer Climb, Hike & Gathering
Yosemite High Country
September 19-25, 2004

Meet the Support Staff:

Ron recently retired from a career as an educator and administrator in the New York City school system. His PSA is low and he wants to keep it that way. He is in training for the Philadelphia Marathon in November and hopes the expedition will help get in tiptop condition. 

Robin and Edie Hartshorne
Berkeley, CA

Robin & Edie have joined the Prostate Cancer Climb expedition to support education about prostate cancer. In particular to promote awareness of the many alternative treatments available besides the standard conventional interventions.

Robin is a professor of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. He is a life member of the Harvard Mountaineering Club and former member of the American Alpine Club. He has climbed in the Tetons, the Canadian Rockies, the Coast Range of British Columbia, the Alps, and in Iran and Afghanistan.

Edi is a musician, therapist and Feldenkrais practitioner. She has recently traveled in France, Croatia, Mexico, Japan, Costa Rica and Ecuador working for peace.

Ben Hartshorne
Berkeley, CA

Ben is a socially conscious outdoor enthusiast with concerns about the prostate cancer epidemic. He is a computer systems engineer who recently returned from a ten month tour of duty aboard the sailing vessel RV Heraclitus who's mission was the study and mapping of the world's dwindling coral reefs.