Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Summiting Everest with Diabetes: An interview with Sebastien Sasseville (Days 1 and 2 at CWD FFL)

Sebastien Sasseville's diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in 2002 did not cause him to rethink his goals as a mountaineer. Having trekked through Nepal in 2001, Seb already had his sights set on climbing Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak. He did in fact reach the summit in May of 2008, sending a powe...
7/27/09 9:51pm

Svati,

 

This is an amazing interview!! Thank you so much for such a detailed conversation!

 

I especially related to the part about how he keeps his blood sugar between 150 to 220 for the sake of safety over the importance of having "perfect blood sugars." I find when I compete I need to do the same thing to ease my mind.

 

Thanks for this interview. It's awesome.

 

Ginger

7/27/09 9:54pm

Okay, the above comment is from Ginger, not Ryan. He is our new blogger, and I was setting up his dashboard and forgot to sign out!!

 

Ginger