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I just recently received a couple Christmas presents from family (Darcy, Jen, Mark, Chris, and my mom) that allowed me to buy a pair of shoes for the trail and a backpack for the trip. I also received $40 from the sale of a donated helmet(Terry) that helped in the purchase as well. Lyndsey Winton, a co-worker of mine, is the first to donate cold hard cash to the charities. Thanks everyone! They say shoes, sleeping ...

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Ahoy there! I have been working hard sending letters to raise funds and hopefully get some gear donations for my trip. I have also started looking for sponsorships for my website so local businesses can be advertised that have helped the cause. Once I get a few lined up I will contact the local newspaper and hopefully get some attention to the website. It is quite beautiful here in Boulder right now. Very cold ...

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I am now writing proposals to a couple gear companies near Boulder and asking for some donations to help me along my trip. I am looking for anything from water filtration and a headlamp to boots, a tent, and a backpack. Anything will help that is for sure. Thanks to Nancy Hightower, an old business teacher, for helping me with the proposals. Also thanks to Terry, my roommate's boyfriend, who donated a snowboard, ...

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I am trying to get a Paypal button for donations but my banking site is down for some reason right now... I updated the charities section and included the second charity. Read all about it! I am going to try blogspot and link these two sites together since there seems to be no way to get to this page unless I ask you to get to it directly. www.5millionsteps.com Let's see... I will be working on my letters to companies to ask for gear donations ...

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I had put a lot of effort into my training, my business cards, my site, research, and not much was blossoming. I went weeks without posting because there was nothing to post. I didn't hike because of the snow in Boulder and the mountains are too muddy. I don't have boots yet and my projects to raise money for were taking a while to pin down. Then, out of the blue, a plethora of karma or luck broke through. Works for me! First of all, we ...

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