RutgersJetFan Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Greetings JN! Over the past couple years I have developed a serious love of climbing, and less than 6 months from now I will be attempting my most challenging adventure yet; I will be attempting to summit 3 peaks in the Ecuadorian Andes over the span of about 10 days - two 5000'ers and one 6000'er - in support of and to raise awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project, a charity and veteran's service organization dedicated to assisting wounded service members. 100% of all donations will be going to WWP. Please have a look, any and all donations are appreciated and will be going to a wonderful cause. https://fundraise.woundedwarriorproject.org/rtt/Fundraising/individual/28141409 P.S. A big thanks to Max for letting me post this. I know soliciting isn't always ideal on an Internet forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombdirt Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 That's a great cause--best of luck to you. Stay safe up there, and bring back pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 23, 2015 Author Share Posted November 23, 2015 That's a great cause--best of luck to you. Stay safe up there, and bring back pictures. Thanks. I'm using Chimborazo as a gage for if I can handle the altitude for a potential Denali climb. It'll be interesting to see, highest I'll have ever gone for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted November 28, 2015 Author Share Posted November 28, 2015 Shameless bump for the holidays, gents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 2, 2015 Author Share Posted December 2, 2015 Over 1/4 towards the old goalarooski! A couple bucks goes a long way fellas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Almost halfway to $1,000! Anything you guys can spare is appreciated, it's the holidays and it goes to a great cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Check again buddy. Good job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Come on guys, no reason that one of us can't raise 1 grand for such an awesome cause. Anything you can donate helps, and RJF is definitely a good dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Check again buddy. Good job Holy sh*t. You rock sir! Thank you very, very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 Come on guys, no reason that one of us can't raise 1 grand for such an awesome cause. Anything you can donate helps, and RJF is definitely a good dude. It's honestly cool and partially why I started so far out. Crowdfunding can be a very slow process because I feel that people get inundated with a lot of these now, even when it comes to charity. Best you can do is just try to keep reminding people a few times a month and have faith that help will come. In my experience it usually does. Thank you again so much for the donation and also the kind words, and a Merry Christmas to you and your fam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 A bump for the holidays! Thanks to the members of this board that have donated, on top of family and friends I'm more than halfway toward $1,000 with 5 months to go. Again, 100% of all donations go to WWP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Bump de bump bump. Chugging along and almost 2/3 the way there. Thanks again to all those on this forum that have donated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Monthly shameless bump. We're getting up there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 12, 2016 Author Share Posted May 12, 2016 It has been quite the journey with this. I'm about two weeks away from shipping off and less than $100 to hit a thousand. Please have a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Great job with this and good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted May 16, 2016 Author Share Posted May 16, 2016 19 minutes ago, Maxman said: Great job with this and good luck! It is incredibly fitting that your donation was the one to put me over the top. Thank you so much, sir. $1,000 raised. Wow. Never done anything like this before in my life. Very cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 2 minutes ago, RutgersJetFan said: It is incredibly fitting that your donation was the one to put me over the top. Thank you so much, sir. $1,000 raised. Wow. Never done anything like this before in my life. Very cool. No, thank you for doing this. Sorry I forgot about this, I meant to donate when you first posted it. Really good cause. Keep us posted. You get 4g on the mountain, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RutgersJetFan Posted June 2, 2016 Author Share Posted June 2, 2016 Sometimes you get the mountain, and sometimes the mountain gets you. This was my first time climbing above 15k feet and boy was that ever a difference. Caught a wicked case of acute mountain syndrome at about 17k feet and had to descend. I am back in Quito recovering and unfortunately have to head home early. In hindsight I pushed myself a little too hard during our acclimatization process, but I have always adapted in the past and just assumed I would this time too. Thank you to everyone on this site that donated their money. I will fly that WWP flag from the summit of my next climb, this one just wasn't meant to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted June 2, 2016 Share Posted June 2, 2016 1 hour ago, RutgersJetFan said: Sometimes you get the mountain, and sometimes the mountain gets you. This was my first time climbing above 15k feet and boy was that ever a difference. Caught a wicked case of acute mountain syndrome at about 17k feet and had to descend. I am back in Quito recovering and unfortunately have to head home early. In hindsight I pushed myself a little too hard during our acclimatization process, but I have always adapted in the past and just assumed I would this time too. Thank you to everyone on this site that donated their money. I will fly that WWP flag from the summit of my next climb, this one just wasn't meant to be. I admire you for trying. I get out of breath just climbing 4 flights of stairs at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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