[pct-l] hikefor.com - hiking for a cause

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I'm down to donate my miles to a charity to help others...I have a journal over on TJ under UBSeRiOuS PCT 2013...please forward me any info!
Thanks 
Cheers

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On Jan 30, 2013, at 5:02 PM, "Paul Mitchell" <paul at bluebrain.ca> wrote:

> Hi Mike (and other Mike)
> 
> 
> 
> Ø  I hike to hike. This is for my own personal satisfaction. I do not hike
> for charity. If I wish to donate to a charity, I do so. I do not badger
> friends, aquaintances or strangers to donate.
> 
> 
> 
> Nothing wrong with that, but I’m sure you can appreciate that some hikers
> value being able to dedicate their epic and challenging hikes to a cause
> they feel is worthwhile, including perhaps the PCTA, and hiking to raise
> funds for the non-profit that works so hard to preserve and maintain the
> trail is kind of poetic!  :)  As for badgering, hopefully none of the hikers
> who sign on are that aggressive!  I, personally, didn’t ask anybody for a
> pledge, I just let people know about the site and if they pledged it was
> totally on their own volition, which is how I suspect most hikers were.
> What I found in 2010 with the first trial (Hike for Haiti) was that sponsors
> were almost exclusively close friends and family, and they seemed to all
> feel very positive about getting involved with their loved one’s hike and
> showing support via a pledge.  
> 
> 
> 
> There’s another kind of nice subtle benefit to hiking for a worthy cause; it
> can help motivate a hiker on their hard days.  That was part of why I wanted
> to attach a cause to my hike in 2010, to give me a little extra motivation
> to hopefully see it all the way through.
> 
> 
> 
> At the end of the day it’s all voluntary for anyone involved; it’s just a
> tool for those who want to use it and those who don’t can just ignore it.
> :)
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Potential178
> 
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