Here are some photos at the finish of the Pikes Peak Challenge. This was are 27th hike up the Peak that is put on by the Brain Injury awareness of Colorado and my 14th year for vonlunteering. I'm a survivor of a traumatic head injury, in a coma for 30 days and 9 months as they put me back together.
On the Challenge you meet in Memorial Park in Manitou Springs and we have vans that take you to Barr Trail for the 13 mile hike to the top, we have check points along the way so when you go by we look at your bib and mark you off so we know where your at. Up above timberline for the last 3-miles we have a check point every mile with EMT's and oxygen tanks just in case.
Up topside, we have doctors and EMTs all the snacks and drinks. All the hikers get medals and photographers get to get great shots of you and then vans to take you back down to the park. The money they raise is used to help families still in hospitals and allows us to go to schools to inform kids bout wearing a helmet if thier biking, skateboarding or skiing. This is a great publicity for companies when they do the hike we look forward to when we can get a few More Marines doing the hike or volunteering. Semper Fi!
Sgt. Thomas Martin Ret.