Blogs About "Meg Berte Owen"

This is a very long blog but it's definitely worth reading -- Alison's feat, weeks after her safe return, still takes my breath away! BEST LINE: "It is important to remember the summit is only the half-way point." THINK ABOUT IT!

After our drop-back down valley we return to BC. We are told that there will be a good weather window with no jetstream from May 22-26th, and we want...

A recent interview with Diane Blackman (President and co-Founder of BR Public Relations) which truly captures my passion for the women in 85 Broads!


Q: Why should women join 85 Broads?


JH: The primary reason the network exists is simple: smart women want to collaborate and partner with each other in a number of exciting professional and personal ways. But first they need to be encouraged to do that. When women see...

If you're in the tri-state area today you are enjoying one of the most beautiful days of 2010. Being a BC survivor, I am grateful to (still) have two extraordinary kids, two crazy dogs, a beautiful home in Bedford, and a network of fab women and many cool guy friends in my life.

This evening I will be attending a memorial service at Sloan Kettering for Meg Berte Owen, who...

Alison is just hours away from reaching the summit on Everest. She is climbing in memory of Meg Berte Owen -- when she reaches the summit she's going to plant her ice ax, with Meg's name carved on it, in Meg's spectacular memory.

This is an extraordinary, breathtaking victory. Alison was 36 when she made her first summit bid in 2002 -- she's been on the speaking tour...

Today I am going to thank Courtney Smith Rae for introducing me to Meg Berte in 2003. We had coffee in Grand Central. Meg and I compared cancer war stories. Her story made mine sound like a bad hair day.

Six years ago, almost to the day, Meg wrote me this email:

After I "survived" I had three years of hell (and this was AFTER the treatment). My intestine was...