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Goal: $2,000.00

$50.00 donated

I chose to join a hike with HIKE for Mental Health to help stamp out the stigma of mental illness and conserve wilderness trails.

Toward this aim, I am planning to hike the Buckeye Trail as a day hiker over the next 2 years in a unique way, which is to hike out 20 miles with a bike and pack on my back, then ride the bike back to the start point for the day, then return the following week to the point where I left off the previous week.

I figure with the weather, time off for family vacations, and the like, this could be done in around two years. I can’t afford to take a long thru-hike at this point in my life but I figure this would be my way to get involved.

In doing this, I would like to promote mental health awareness by letting people know what I’m doing and asking them to support me by donating to help with mental health research.

I have a history of bipolar disorder, ADHD, substance use disorder, mixed bag of personality “differences” and have used hiking to improve my mood and coping skills to live a relatively “normal” life. I have now come off medications and have hiked 815mi. since April 2021. A month ago I completed the Steve Newman World Walker Trail, a single day 33miler. Currently, I am hiking the 78mi. Little Miami Scenic River trail as an Out and Back Section hike (156mi. Total). I will complete that this weekend. I am pressing toward a start date of 1/2/2021 for this next adventure where I will hike the American Discovery trail from Devou Park in Covington to Eden Park in Cincinnati and from there start the Buckeye Trail from its southern terminus. I will be making up Business cards to pass out to anyone inquiring about my hike to direct them to the  hikeformentalhealth.org site to make a donation.

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