Nov 02
Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey has announced that he will climb Mount Kilimanjaro beginning January 3, 2012. His climb will benefit Mumbai teens as part of the the Bombay Teen Challenge. Click the link to donate.
Kilimanjaro is located in Tanzania, measures 19,341 feet above sea level, and consists of three volcanic cones.
Sounds like a challenge for R.A…but maybe not as hard as facing Albert Pujols with the game on the line.
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2 comments
MetsFan4Decades
11/3/2011-12:11pm at 12:11 pm (UTC -4)
Good luck, RA!
Apparently, there are some Met fans who feel the Mets FO should have put the kabosh on this climb. All I can think is: Really?
These guys play a professional sport for a living but to a good extent, they’ve got a life outside of baseball as well. Sounds like the Mets have some reservations, from these quotes below:
“Yeah. I’m a grown man, and I can do what I want to do,”
Dickey said in an interview with New York Magazine. “But at the same
time, let’s say I slip, fall, break my leg, and can’t pitch for two
months. Legally, they have the authority to void my contract.
“They’re not saying that they would exercise that right, but they
wanted me to be informed. Although, on paper, the climb seems like a
fantastic thing to get behind, it’s been tough. They view it as a
dangerous thing. Of course, it’s a risk I’m willing to take. I know what
I’m doing well enough to know it’s nothing more than a glorified hike.
There are no technical climbing skills involved — it’s not like Everest
or K-2 or Fuji. So I’m not real worried about it.”*************RA sounds well prepared. I believe he’s been preparing for this for about a year. You could break a leg sleigh riding with your kids too, if luck wasn’t on your side. Duaner Sanchez had his career ruined by a taxi cab ride. Bobby O almost had his career ended using hedge clippers. Are these players supposed to live in a vacuum? I’m sure there are some clauses in these contracts that take care of the more dangerous stunts one could do, and some limit riding a motorcycle b/c of the inherit danger in that. Sounds to me though like this climb is more of an endurance test than a danger. I, as a fan, have no problem with it.Are these guys supposed to just exist in a bubble?
Anonymous
11/5/2011-5:44am at 5:44 am (UTC -4)
Well I’m glad to hear R.A. say that. I’d never thought about the climb as an injury risk up until this point and still support the cause, just was not aware how some felt about it until recently. I am sure he will be fine and if anything his words and his actions act to evidence the fact that this is not just a player but a great human being and a man of integrity.