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Official Launch Day...check it out

Hey! Welcome to my site! I know my site has actually been out for a few weeks now, but I wanted to wait a little bit before I gave a formal announcement. It is exactly ONE YEAR from today that I will be leaving for Nepal to climb the tallest mountain in the world. I have a year to prepare for this thing and I"m gonna need all the help I can get. Please check out my donation page to see how you can help both ME and ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. Also, check back regularly because I"ll be adding information on my memory techniques. For those of you that don"t know, I am a mental athlete and I train my memory daily. Because of that I can do some pretty awesome stuff. Earlier this month, I set the US record for the largest number memorized in 5 minutes (178 digits). BOOM. Alright, well I"ll leave you be. Explore my site, check out my photos from some past climbs, email me and say hi, and please, please, please donate. Every little bit counts.

Thank you guys,

Nels

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2010 Everest season is starting soon

For those of you unfamiliar with how climbing Everest works, here are a few things to know. 1. Everest is typically climbed in April-June, with most summits happening in May. Some people climb it in Fall, but I think the success rate is less. Anywho...the reason people aim for May is because the summit of Mt. Everest is at nearly 30,000 ft and gets bombarded by wind from the jet stream. The monsoon season in that area of the world starts to move in about this time and as it does, it lifts the jet stream for a short period of time. Then Boom, awesome weather and low winds - an opportune time to attack the summit.

2. Climbing from the North side of the mountain and the South side are completely different ball games. Most people attempt it from the South side. It's a longer trek into base camp, which means harder to get evacuated from if you're in an emergency, but overall it's a bit "easier" and "safer." I quote those terms because nothing about Everest is easy or safe.

My climb is going to be outfitted by Peak Freaks Expeditions. They are almost set to begin this years expedition and you can follow their progress here. Exciting stuff!

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US record!

Hello all! Today I performed really well....I now hold the USA record for most digits memorized in 5 minutes (178)! I also won the speed cards event with a time of 1m38s and also recalled over 100 names in the names and faces event. I made it to the last and final round (to memorize 2 decks of cards)...but unfortunately started recalling from the wrong side of the deck. Whoops! haha...no worries...I finished first in points in all the events, so I am happy with that. I was able to get my website out in to the world a bit. Good job to defending champ Ronnie White for winning the whole thing again!

Me with my number-memorizing medal of glory:

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USA Memory Championship!

Hey guys! First real blog entry! Today is the 13th annual USA Memory Championship, held in New York City! In this competition, trained mental athletes test their memory in a number of events. Some of these include memorizing the order of a shuffled deck of cards in under 5 minutes, memorizing a 500 digit number, and memorizing 99 random names/faces. I have been training hard for this moment, training hard everyday for the past 8 months. I'm hoping to break some US records. In the past few weeks I've been able to memorize a deck of cards in under 65s in training very consistently...hoping I'll be able to do it again today and beat the standing US record of 87s!! I also hope to beat the 5 minute numbers event with somewhere between 180-200 digits....phew! We'll see...hope my nerves don't get the best of me!

My main goal for the competition is to show people that it is possible to have a healthy brain and that it can lead to an overall better and healthier life-style. Keeping the brain active is just as important as exercising any other part of the body. If you don't use it, you definitely lose it. And the great thing is, anyone can do it, it just takes a little discipline! For more information on the competition, go here. Or, if you're in NYC, come watch the event in person! The location is in lower Manhattan (check the aforementioned website for details).

Wish me luck!

Cheers!

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Partnering with Alz.Org

I am partnering with Alzheimer"s Organization for my trip to Everest. I will be promoting the fight against Alzheimer"s during my trip to the USA Memory Chamionships as well as during my journey to the top of Everest.

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