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Gunner81
01-25-2011, 15:27
Since "The Initiative" turned out to be such a bust I thought this would be something really neat to follow.

John Davis, founder of Wildlands Network, and triathlete is proposing a 4,500 mile trek along the east coast with the goal of "man powering" (hike, bike, canoe etc.) through the remaining designated Wilderness areas.

Should be fun to follow.

Article on Environmental News Network:
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/42270
(http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/42270)
Direct link to Wildlands Network website:
http://www.wildlandsnetwork.org/node/141

mweinstone
01-25-2011, 17:59
meh..........

Lone Wolf
01-25-2011, 18:12
i bet against him

Helios
01-25-2011, 18:38
Any TV show like that doesn't show you the camera man feeding them Snickers off camera, or the trips to the hotel room for a shower, etc... Wouldn't believe it.

Might make for entertainment for the home bound. I gave up TV years ago.

4eyedbuzzard
01-25-2011, 18:44
i bet against him
naysayer :D

Blissful
01-25-2011, 18:49
naysayer :D


Now be nice to him. It's his birthday today. :sun

4eyedbuzzard
01-25-2011, 18:52
meh..........
Yep. meh

Sounds like a great adventure. Reading a bit further on other pages of the site one finds, as perhaps expected (or suspected), the plea for donations, this time looking for 10,000 people to donate $25 each. $250,000 G's to trek about while promoting conservation. At least they seem to be a legit 503(c) and have a board of directors and scientific advisors etc. Add that he does seem to have a legit background in this area. I'd be interested though in what portion of these donations goes to actual conservation expenditures and how much goes to salaries. Yeah, I'm a skeptic. So shoot me.

AND he had friends / past business acquaintances / employers with deep pockets, notably the original founder of The North Face and Esprit companies who now heads the pretty well endowed Foundation for Deep Ecology. $100's of millions deep to be exact.

I think I'll keep my $25 and buy some socks. My feet are cold.