Ginni Callahan is Donna’s older sister and a nomadic kayak instructor by trade.  She runs a kayak business called Columbia River Kayaking on the coast of Washington State in the summer and made the haul to our wedding from Loreto, Mexico on the Baja peninsula, where she winters and leads multi-day kayak tours in the Gulf of California. Ginni is one of only three women in the US to hold a British Canoe Union 5-Star Sea Kayak rating.  She is also featured on the DVD “This is the Sea”, a compilation of biographical accounts of kayakers the world over.  Furthermore, Ginni is an accomplished writer, having been published in Bicycling Magazine and Pygmy Boats Catalogue, and by Seal Press in “Steady as She Goes: Women’s Adventures at Sea”. (We very much appreciate her making that haul to the unfamiliar cold mountain territory of Coloradofor our wedding!)
Columbia River Kayaking
Sports links:
Transition Times - Southwest Desert Challenge Tri- and Du-athlon Series
Mt Taylor Winter Quadrathlon - Donna's favorite race!
Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon - the friendly local little jaunt
Xterra - offroad triathlon
Adventure Extreme - adventure racing in CO & UT
Dr Topo - climbing & bouldering info for the US
Korea on the Rocks - climbing website for English-speakers in Korea
Solid Rock - Climbers for Christ - a community of climbers sharing God's love
Christian links:
Bible Gateway - online Bible
Officer Christian Fellowship - Christian officers exercising biblical leadership to raise up a godly military
Fellowship of Christian Athletes - Endurance
Compassion International - helping kids around the world
Adirondack Camp Cherith - getting kids from NYC into God's great outdoors
World Vision - helping kids around the world
Cadence International - sharing the gospel & our lives with military folks
Malachi Ministries - part of Cadence reaching out to military kids
Mountain Ministries - reaching out to singles in Summit County, CO
Friend's links:
JD Wetterling - Vietnam F-100 pilot, author, retreat center manager
Bill & Mikelle Kernig - good friends who sealed our fate when she threw me the bouquet and he threw Sandi the garter at their wedding
Grace and Body Connection - Tricia's ministry to eating disordered women
Nancy Cook - she played at our wedding, and wrote most of the songs she played there; her hubby was Donna's fellow flight instructor at Leadville Airport many years ago