So by the end of August 2014, I had planned and urban hike for a group and done a GORUCK Challenge. I immediately followed things up in early September with a new hike for just my wife and I because I was consumed by this idea of urban hiking and still high from the GORUCK. Here it is:
It was a gray Labor Day morning and Gail and I started off early with an eye to getting done well before noon. I wanted to revisit some of the places I was on the GORUCK and get some training in for our big Xtreme Hike in late September. It’s here that we really began formulating the idea of being more organized with urban hiking.
What were we thinking? Well, we were in the throws of raising money for our CFF Xtreme Hike, so we saw it as a way to potentially raise funds and awareness for CF. Also, we’re doing these hikes anyhow, and having a website could make it easier to publicize it so more friends and family join and such. And with our own website, we wouldn’t have to clog up people’s Facebook timelines (I’m very sensitive to that, for some reason). And finally, in general, I really enjoy this tech and website stuff, so it’s somewhat of a creative outlet.
It was this very evening, I think, when I went on line and grabbed this URL.