Ira Edwards

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was this was never i was able-bodied but i can remember going to the elk sludge and in anchorage and having a cold beverage and hanging out there and doing some of the the brew pubs and things like that and it's just such a beautiful little place

Yeah, that Elks Lodge got bought out by a different brewery, but the deck they had on top was pretty amazing.

You can look at the mountains on the sunset.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

And then you had mentioned glaciers, and you were kind of climbing glaciers as a diabetic, and the doctors were kind of giving you a hassle about that.

You had to kind of come up with some adaptations, right?

Yeah, you know, I'm on an insulin pump now and things are better.

It's kind of crazy to think it's been, I guess, 36 something years since I've had diabetes.

When I started out, we were still using pig and cow insulin that they extracted with a centrifuge.

Um, now we have bacterial recombinant DNA that extrudes back or the bacteria extrude the insulin.

Um, so things are a lot more stable and they work better these days, but, uh, yeah, you had to keep stuff from freezing when you were climbing.

Uh, I have not climbed in Denali.

Um, I've, uh, seen the summit from very close to the summit three times, but either ran out of food or been weathered out and never quite made it to the top.

But I've, uh, Been to the top of most of the other tall mountains in Alaska and spent a lot of time playing in cold weather.

I love to ski, so I'm always outside in the cold.

So, yeah, I used to have to keep a little neck pouch around my neck to keep the insulin from freezing and then keep needles in that.

But an insulin pump makes it a lot easier these days.

I know.

You know, that's one of the kickers, man, with paralysis.

A lot of people don't understand.

We have a lot of trouble adjusting core temperatures and what.

And, you know, I don't know how the paralysis side works for you guys that are pairs.

Us quads, man, we're...

this

was this was never i was able-bodied but i can remember going to the elk sludge and in anchorage and having a cold beverage and hanging out there and doing some of the the brew pubs and things like that and it's just such a beautiful little place

Yeah, that Elks Lodge got bought out by a different brewery, but the deck they had on top was pretty amazing.

You can look at the mountains on the sunset.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

And then you had mentioned glaciers, and you were kind of climbing glaciers as a diabetic, and the doctors were kind of giving you a hassle about that.

You had to kind of come up with some adaptations, right?

Yeah, you know, I'm on an insulin pump now and things are better.

It's kind of crazy to think it's been, I guess, 36 something years since I've had diabetes.

When I started out, we were still using pig and cow insulin that they extracted with a centrifuge.

Um, now we have bacterial recombinant DNA that extrudes back or the bacteria extrude the insulin.

Um, so things are a lot more stable and they work better these days, but, uh, yeah, you had to keep stuff from freezing when you were climbing.

Uh, I have not climbed in Denali.

Um, I've, uh, seen the summit from very close to the summit three times, but either ran out of food or been weathered out and never quite made it to the top.

But I've, uh, Been to the top of most of the other tall mountains in Alaska and spent a lot of time playing in cold weather.

I love to ski, so I'm always outside in the cold.

So, yeah, I used to have to keep a little neck pouch around my neck to keep the insulin from freezing and then keep needles in that.

But an insulin pump makes it a lot easier these days.

I know.

You know, that's one of the kickers, man, with paralysis.

A lot of people don't understand.

We have a lot of trouble adjusting core temperatures and what.

And, you know, I don't know how the paralysis side works for you guys that are pairs.

Us quads, man, we're...