My friend Shannon (who also is training to climb Mt. Whitney, the highest mountain in the lower 48) needs just a bit more to reach her fundraising goal for Bay Area Wilderness Training to give inner city children the chance to experience wilderness first hand. “Bay Area Wilderness Training has served more than 4,700 youth since 1999 and has a unique model and method for achieving its mission,” she tells me. “BAWT trains adults in wilderness skills. Then they safely take youth out on multi-day hiking, camping and backpacking trips with gear loaned free of charge.” So, now’s the time to go give, because I told you to.
