Portrait
“If I ever get off this sailboat, I’ll never get on another one as long as I live.”
He has survived a monster Pacific
storm with waves that topped the 47-foot mast of his 32-foot-long sailboat off Australia and a fall — and perilous helicopter rescue — at 17,000 feet while climbing a mountain in Argentina.
He’s also backpacked around the world and climbed
mountains in Japan, Africa,
Russia, and Mexico. But now, McAllen ophthalmologist
Richard Gillett, MD, is settling for a less risky pastime —
badminton. Still, there’s danger involved. “I might get hit
right in the eye. I’ll get a discount from one of my competitors, I’m sure.”
64 TEXAS MEDICINE July 2011
PORTRAIT BY MATT RAINWATERS
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