PITTSBURGH – The adventure started with a gentle nudge at a cycling camp in Tucson, Ariz., in 2010. The physician was surrounded for one week by cyclists from across the country, a few of whom competed in ultra races. The idea appealed to the pedaling pulmonologist.
Then came a healthy push that summer at the Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Association’s International Conference in California, where she sat alongside fellow health-care providers and PH sufferers alike watching an inspirational video about a medical team climbing Mount Kilimanjaro on a charitable mission.
The final shove came from the calendar.
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“The reasoning being: When you turn 40, you either hang up black crepe paper and those cheesy ‘Lordy, Lordy’ signs, or you race your bike across America,” Dr. Patty George recalled, matter-of-factly. “The choice seemed pretty clear to us.”
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