Coming to a town near you -The Gumpathon!

[Tez3]

http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/gumpathon.html


At last something that connect our forces with yours and you with us! It will raise money for our wounded in Afghanistan. Please support it if you can, be very cool if we had MT people there to say hi!

 

[Tez3]

Where's the marines when you want them! C'mon guys thought you would be supporting this!

 

[Sukerkin]

What an amazing feat to attempt! Best of luck to them.

 

[Tez3]

Starting soon, support this if you can please!!

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/D...nelToRunAcrossAmericaForInjuredColleagues.htm

 

[girlbug2]

that's the most wonderful thing I've heard of all year. I await the Gumpathon anxiously at the finishing line in LA!

 

[xJOHNx]

good luck to them!

Looks like an amazing feat!

 

[Tez3]

We all know that marines of both countries are tough and probably as mad as hatters too! Very brave thing to try though. it would be really good if peo0ple along the route can get out and support them, pass it on to everyone you know. Some facts taken from the MOD site.

Gumpathon Facts and Figures
The numbers involved in the Gumpathon show what an epic challenge it is. During the Gumpathon, the guys will:

• run 3,530 miles (5,680km), an average of 20 miles (32km) each per day;
• complete the equivalent of 34 marathons each;
• cross four time zones - eastern, central, mountain and pacific;
• run through 16 states - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California;
• run through a total of 789 towns and cities;
• climb ten mountain ranges - including Blue Ridge, the Appalachians, the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, Allegheny, the Cumberland Mountains, the Rockies, and the San Bernadino and San Gabriel Mountains;
• cross three deserts - Nevada, Arizona and Mojave;
• get through 24 pairs of trainers (each pair lasting approximately 500 miles (800km));
• face minimum temperatures of 0 degrees C and maximum temperatures of 48 degrees C;
• take in 3,500 calories per day;
• complete their longest day (on Day 35) with 85.42 miles (137.5km) between Cordell and Sweetwater, Oklahoma;
• climb to a highest point of 7,527ft (2,294m) on Day 49 in the Grand Canyon.

 

[Carol]

Proudly donating to such a good cause. :asian:

Just a note for other folks in the US: the Charities Aid Foundation in Virginia is managing the donations on the U.S. side. This way the donation is domestic on paper (for tax purposes) but still benefits the UK charity.

CAF supports other charities too, so to donate, go to this link and click "Gumpathon" from the dropdown box.

https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=22316

Or to donate directly to Help for Heroes in the UK, go here:

http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/donations.html

Thanks to all of you, and your countrymen (whomever your countrymen happen to be) for your service.

 

[Tez3]

Thank you Carol, hopefully it will raise loads of money for both the US and Royal Marine Corps and encourage other wounded veterans and help with their recoveries.