Friends of Jordan Minyard have organized a benefit climb on Mount Baldy this Saturday, June 20th, 2009. Jordan, 27, was diagnosed with testicular cancer and began chemotherapy March 9, less than one week following the birth of his first child, Hunter Gabriel. The goal of the climb is to raise $10,000 to help cover Jordan’s expensive cancer treatments, child birth costs, and living expenses during Jordan’s 3 month leave from work.

If you are interested in participating, it works like this: registered hikers/donors who climb and summit Mount Baldy on June 20 via the Manker Flat Trail or the Devil’s Backbone Trail will have their donations matched by several generous sponsors of the event. Even if you can’t afford to donate anything, just by climbing Mount Baldy, a pledge will still be made on your behalf when you summit. And, of course, you can always just make a tax-deductible donation and forgo hiking entirely.

Note that people who summit via the Manker Flat trail will get a matching donation for each successful round trip! Okay, that’s a lot of vertical, but it does put a little extra incentive into the mix for the ambitious mountain goat.

For more details, donation form, and registration information, please see Baldy for Baldy, a website put together for the climb. You can also check out Jordan’s Blog, One Day at a Time to read more about his progress.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at 7:19 am and is filed under Events, Hiking. So There.