See the Main Project page here!
See just a few of the cool items willing ot be hauled up here!
Ladies and gentlemen, here it is! Your exclusive chance to have the object/trinket/item of your choice carried to the top of a Colorado Mountain for a low, low price! Act now, offer expires September 2006! Act now!
Ok, here's the real story. For those of you who don't know, I'm writing a book this summer, a guidebook for the Colorado Mountains. The way it was going to work was I would do as many hikes as I could between my hours at the magazine and take about a month off in the summer to complete a bulk of the hikes. To make sure I had money while I did this, I worked tons of hours of overtime this fall/winter at the magazine to accrue pay to be used over the summer (along with all my vacation and sick days and any other paid time off). Sounds good so far, right?
Well, the bad news is that the magazine suddenly (to us) went out of business right before my very eyes and we received no severance. Worse, all those extra hours of work to fund my book are down the drain. I'll see nary a penny of all those weekends and late night work sessions. So, in order to ask for help without sounding desperate, I've decided to have a fund raiser! Which can actually be pretty fun--here's the deal.
For a small donation (ANYTHING helps), I'll take the object of your choice to the top of the summit of your choice amongst the peaks I'll be climbing this summer for my book! At the top, I'll snap a photo of the object and post it here, as well as sending a high quality photo to you! I'm game to carry ANYTHING up, though the heavier objects will require a bigger "sherpa fee". Yes, I'll carry a bowling ball if I have to, but that will require a generous donation! On a separate non-blog web page going up later today, I'll list the peaks as well as a big picture of just some of the items I'm willing to carry to the top. You can also send your own stuff to be hauled up if it's something you really want to see up high on a mountain.
And here's the bonus! Anyone who donates to the cause will get a mention in my book! That's right; your name will be in print for the entire world to see! Pretty cool, huh?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, especially with the price of gas these days. I want to do a great job on this first book and any support will be remembered. You can make payments via check or paypal ( acct. bruplex@yahoo.com ) If you have any particular requests, simply email me bruplex@yahoo.com or if you have any other questions. Thanks in advance! I'll have the official hike donation page up a little later in the day!
