Expedition Cure

[treerootCO]

Hanley Noel is heading up the Expedition Cure and will be at the Rally this Sunday.

http://www.expeditioncure.com/

Two Hoosiers are attempting to off-road the North American Continental Divide - from Canada to Mexico - in 21 days to raise funds and awareness for Parkinsons Disease Research. It's a very cool project and you should definitely check it out at www.expeditioncure.com

Backed by names you know - like National Geographic, Panasonic, Goodyear, Miller Lite, IQuest, Monster, Net Heads and others - and coupled with Team Fox and the Michael J. Fox Foundation, these expeditionaries leave Friday and are throwing one last fundraising bash before heading to Glacier National Park.

http://www.netheads.com/newsletters/08-16-06.htm
The launch party is in Broad Ripple, Indiana

 

[Kipper]

That is so cool on so many levels.

 

[treerootCO]

I'll see if I can find out what happened to the team.

They didn't show up at the rally AFAIK

 

[gr8fulabe]

So, I'm lost...

Are they planning to actually drive on the whole way on the Contintental Devide, or just 4wd trails near the devide?
As I understand it, a large portion of the CDT (which I always thought was truly on the devide the whole way) is foot traffic only. So, how are they going to accomplish this?
I tried looking at their intended route, but the page is under construction...

 

[Darren]

Devide?

They're just taking roads near the divide. How they plan to avoid pavement altogether staying as close as possible is beyond me. Even a lot of the CDT doesn't actually lie on the divide.

 

[treerootCO]

email...

Mike,

I didn't end up leaving Indy until after midnight on Saturday. I tried but there was no way for me to possibly make it. I'm on my way to Montana as I type this. Hope the rally was fun.

Hanley