Having just started running (training for the death race in fact) I know that a half-marathon is a fairly long way. Not too bad though. OK….so do one with a 50lb pack (that’s 23kg). Well it’s still not THAT bad, because now we’re talking about hiking. Hmmm…well how about one of them (or longer) every day, for 50 days, in the mountains, still with that 50lb pack on. Ouch. Now that is endurance.

This is what Lucas Poznanski has planned for this autumn. He is going to hike the 1200km-long Great Divide Trail to raise $50,000 for the search for a cure for cancer. You can check out his pretty snazzy promotional video for it below, and also check out his trip website here:

The Great Divide trail runs from close to the US border, up through the Canadian Rockies, crossing the Continental Divide 80 times or so…finishing 1200km later at a town in North-Eastern BC. This website has some details about the trail, including a trailer for a film made about the trail. Their trip report/blog can be found here.

Good luck Lucas!

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