| As
an infant my asthma was bad but I started to grow out of
it in my teenage years. I was always active and swimming
in particular really helped my lungs develop. At 10 years
old, I learned to swim on an Asthma Society holiday in Gormanstown-that
week in County Meath is one of my happiest childhood memories.
I’m still keen on sport and I enjoy hill walking in Cork
and Kerry and playing soccer at the local astro turf in Bishopstown.
Like when I was a child, I believe keeping fit and active
has to be the most fun and most effective way to help manage
my asthma today.
At the end of this February, I will go
to Scotland for a weeks training in Winter Mountaineering
as my ambition is to climb Mont Blanc in the French Alps
next year for my fortieth birthday.
"I went mountaineering in the Southern
Alps with my old school friend, Don. On our first day,
after crossing the valley glacier we stopped for rest,
food, water and a photo. We spent the night on that rock
under a clear sky of the brightest stars listening to the
thunder of rock falls." |
