30 Day Challenge 2022

30 Day stateline Challenge

Across Arizona 2022

OCTOBER 11 – NOVEMBER 10, 2022

COMPLETED

THE ROAD TO THE IMPOSSIBLE IS REACHED THROUGH POSSIBLE STEPS!!!

Welcome to the 30 Day Stateline Challenge. This challenge was created as a personal endeavor to dedicate 30 days towards becoming stronger physically, mentally, spiritually, and towards making a HUGE impact in the lives of others.

For 30 days, you will have the opportunity to challenge yourself to run, walk, or crawl as far and as long as possible.

THE CHALLENGE: Cover as many indoor or outdoor miles within a 30 day period using foot power. Simple…but not easy 🙂

Why do it? Because its very achievable for most people committed to living a better life and very challenging for those who want to push themselves to greater levels of personal discipline and higher satisfaction. There is no timeclock, no required location to show up, or no one to tell you what you can or can’t do. It’s you against you…the best way to compete against yourself.

WHY DONATE YOUR MILES

We call it leveraging internal and external accountability. By making a commitment to something greater than yourself you’re able to create a greater “WHY” which leads to a better you and a bigger impact. At HAU Gear our initiative is that of equipping women of all ages, living as villagers in remote parts of Nepal, with the vocational skills necessary to bring economic hope to themselves, their families, and their community. We run to change our life and in the process change the lives of others. To learn more about our initiative in Nepal CLICK HERE

MAKE A DONATION

Our goal from this 30 day challenge is to raise $30,000 to support sewing clinics throughout the Ruby Valley region of Nepal for 2023. The aim is to empower young ladies in each village throughout the region with the skills, tools, and confidence to sew items for the local schools within those communities. 100% of your donation and support goes towards that initiative in Nepal. Click Here to see some of our past student graduates.

THE CHALLENGE GUIDELINES

There are no limit to how many miles you can run or walk in a day. Even running 30 miles total during the 30 day challenge would be a super awesome achievement. You choose the location to run and the time of day. Yes, you can run streets or trails…or even indoors. No, you can’t have someone else run for you. That’s a naughty thing to do. We also call it cheating…on yourself. There is no limit to how many people can sponsor you. 100% of all the proceeds go to our HAUGEAR nonprofit foundation to help create sustainable vocational education for the villagers in Nepal (Check out our clinics) You do not need to be sponsored to run. This is a totally FREE event…but it would be awesome if others wanted to support you and sponsor the initiative 🙂 Can you run and raise awareness and support for another cause? Absolutely! Simply let us know which nonprofit you would like to promote and we’ll reach out to them to let them know you want to raise support for them. That way you can have people and corporations make a pledge for each run you complete and have that pledge benefit your nonprofit.

Graduating Sewing Students

Ruby Valley Students from surrounding villages

Sewing Bag Distribution

East meets West 🙂

An unexpected reception

Delivering Sewing Supplies

Leg Power in Overdrive

The Power of One

Outdoor Training Session

Creating International Hope

Embracing the Suck

...with a smile 🙂

We are so thankful for our partnership with Alpine Ramble Trekking. Without their support and leadership our work in Nepal would not be possible. If you are looking for a trek of a lifetime please visit their site and book one of their amazing treks throughout the most amazing destinations in the world. Take their Ruby Valley Discovery Trek and see where our mission began.

Current sewing outreach Projects

We are so proud of the work the Alpine Ramble Team is doing to provide continued sewing education to the students in Ruby Valley. Currently they are learning how to make shoulder bags to be distributed this Christmas to children in the villages. We are hoping that in the near future we can open a retail store in Thamel (the trekking capital of the world) to showcase the products being made in the villages and thereby help the students create sustainable income for themselves and their families.

THE STATELINE CHALLENGE -WHAT IS IT?

Life can be challenging. Often we might find ourselves being challenged by things we feel we cannot control. We get that! The Stateline Challenge has been designed to empower us with the faith and hope necessary to develop better ways of learning how we might respond to the daily challenges we face in life. Simply put, its a goal of crossing every state within the United States on foot. Whether you choose to go east to west, west to east, north to south, or south to north, we know that any direction is a direction towards forward movement. This year, during our 30 Day Challenge to bring awareness to our ministry in Nepal, we are working on seeing how far we can run, walk, or crawl across the state of Arizona from north to south. Here is our Journey!

ARIZONA STATELINE CHALLENGE

On October 11th we began our journey on foot across Arizona, starting at the Utah/Arizona Terminus, via the Arizona Scenic National Trail. Using trail systems, forest roads, and highways, we have been moving towards getting to the Mexican border travelling through Arizona. And in the process we are hoping to bring more awareness to the work we are doing in Nepal…helping to create sustainable hope through sewing and development in remote regions of the Ruby Valley District in Nepal. To learn more, click here.

Updates of our current progress and route selections

RESULTS

542.9 total miles — 23.6 miles per day average — 23 Days on foot — 7 Days in recovery

Stage 1

Day 1: Evening start – AZT; 5.7 miles

Day 2: AZT; 25 miles

Day 3: Hwy 67; 26 miles

Day 4: 5 miles on Hwy 67; 16.6 miles on AZT; 21.6 miles

Day 5: M99.4 to Cottonwood CG to South Kaibab to Mather CG; 16.2 miles

Day 6: M99.4 to Tusayan to M115.9; 16 miles

Day 7: M115.9 – M148.2; 30 miles

Day 8: M148.2 to M162.8 to Hwy 180 S to flag; 30.6 miles

Day 9: 180 S to Flagstaff: 19 miles

Recovery

Summary: 190 subtotal miles; 21.12 miles per day average

Stage 2

Day 10: Flag UT M4.1 to Canyon Vista CG; 6 miles

Day 11: CVCG via Lake Mary Rd to Mormon Lake; 26 miles

Day 12: Mormon Lake via LMR to Jack’s Place to Mustang Gas Station; 27 miles

Day 13: JP via 87 (S) to Pine/Control rd; 25 miles

Day 14: Pine (87) to Payson (260) to Rye country store to 260/188 rest area; 29 miles

Day 15: 87 S to 188 S to Roosevelt Lake Beach; 25 miles

Day 16: 188 S to Roosevelt Lake Marina to Spring Creek store; 18 miles

Recovery

Summary: 156 subtotal miles; 22.28 miles per day average

Stage 3

Day 17: 188 to 60 to Globe; 25 miles

Day 18: 70 to 77 to Winkleman; 36 miles

Day 19: 77 passed Mammoth towards Oracle; 26 miles

Day 20: 77 to Catalina Inn; 21 miles

Day 21: 77 to Quality Inn Tucson Airport; 28 miles

Day 22: Nogales Hwy to Canoa Rest Area; 29 miles

Day 23: Freeway 19 to Nogales US/Mexico Border: 33.8 miles

AZ Stateline Challenge Complete

Summary: 196.8 subtotal miles; 28.11 miles per day average

Note: google map coordinates are approximates as mapping would allow. Mileage indicated for each stage is accurate as travelled.

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