Ulcerative Colitis

The feat is hard on anyone, much less someone without their colon, the organ that is primarily responsible for absorbing water and nutrients into the body.

Each climb Hill makes takes a toll on his body.

Keeping up his nutrition and hydration is paramount, but even still, he typically loses up to 15 percent of his body weight on each climb.

Rob's Story - No Guts, Know Glory!

At 23-years of age, Rob was a strong, healthy athlete who had never been sick in his life.

Then, confronted with daily diarrhea and sustained, stabbing abdominal cramps, he was eventually diagnosed with Crohn's disease and As his condition grew worse, Hill lost 80 pounds and a year and a half later his large intestine was removed through an ostomy procedure.

"When it came down to losing my colon or losing my life, it wasn't a hard decision to make," he says.

Now, 12 years later, Hill is mid-way through a five-year campaign he calls "No Guts - Know Glory!

" to become the first Crohn's patient and ostomate to climb the Seven Summits.

The campaign grew from Rob's love of sport and the outdoors, pursuits he returned to with newfound dedication not long after surgery.

To date, Hill has succes...

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