While everyone I know has been very supportive of my participation in Hike-a-thon, you can bet that most people ask: “Why?”  Of course, with insufficient time to condition before August, I had to ask myself the same question.

The biggest reason: I love to hike, and this is a commitment to do it, over all the other little things that might otherwise keep me from hitting the trail.  Not a noble reason, or an altruistic reason, but it’s the commitment to the WTA and to my sponsors to complete hike-a-thon that can be that ‘push’ that helps get me out there.

Of course, I’m quite happy to support the WTA and use Hike-a-thon as a way to spread the word about the WTA, and what they offer and what they do.  I’ve practiced my three sentence speech on “what is the WTA?” a number of times now, and it just keeps getting easier.  Hopefully, one day, I won’t have to give it. 😉