Bike4Nepal Days 1-3: Denver to Fraser, CO
Day 1: Colorado State Capitol building to Golden, CO - 15 miles
The kickoff ride and celebration was a huge success! Several news stations covered the kickoff at the capitol building, and five people accompanied me on their bikes to the celebration at the Sherpa House in Golden. Lakhpa and the rest of the Sherpa House staff presented me with a beautiful Nepalese scarf and had me circle the prayer wheel with my bike for good luck.
Shoutout of the day: I'm so grateful to everyone who came to the Capitol, rode bikes, and celebrated my departure! Your encouragement and ...
Colorado bicyclist riding 3,600 miles to help Nepal « 9News.com
One Colorado woman is working to bring attention to Nepal's earthquake recovery and she's using her bicycle to do it. Click through for video about Sarah's earthquake relief fundraiser for the Colorado Nepal Alliance, "Bike4Nepal."
Source: Colorado bicyclist riding 3,600 miles to help Nepal
Colorado Woman Cycling To Alaska To Raise Money For Nepal Quake Victims « CBS Denver
A Colorado woman kicked off a solo bike ride from Denver to Alaska all for a good cause.
Source: Colorado Woman Cycling To Alaska To Raise Money For Nepal Quake Victims « CBS Denver
Photos from Sarah’s Sendoff
Thanks to everyone who donated, rode, or celebrated with us today!
We're strong because of the relationships we have in rural Nepal, and because of the relationships we have here at home. Thanks, Colorado, for giving Sarah a great sendoff! (more…)
Making Do in Darkha
Preparing for the rainy season in Darkha, Nepal -
Rebuilding in Darkha will likely be a long, difficult process. But people in rural Nepal aren't thinking much about that right now. They're thinking about the rain. Indeed, in rural Nepal, the imminent monsoon season looms large over everything that aid organizations and their village partners do. We talk a lot about phased rebuilding, and like other aid organizations, we are constantly worrying over potential building materials and their sourcing, weighing their appropriateness to the village residents' anticipated ...
Busy Days Ahead
Thanks to my friend Rob, we're now at $1000! I'm so grateful for all of your support, and to have raised this much before I've even started riding is awesome! Let's keep the momentum going.
The kickoff ride is scheduled for Sunday (more details at ColoradoNepalAlliance.org/ride ), and with the weather clearing up I'm back on track to get out of town on Monday. It was hard to train and motivate with the rain the last couple weeks, but now that sun is on the menu, it's all systems go!
In my last couple days before departure, I'm taking the GRE, moving out of my ...
T-Shirts Now Available (Updated locations)
Colorado Nepal Alliance t-shirts are now available!
These are tech-shirts, so they're great for running and other high-intensity activities, but they're also incredibly soft. Seriously, this could be your new favorite shirt!
You can get one by making a donation of $25 or more to our Darkha Relief Fund at one of our upcoming events, or by visiting one of the locations listed below. (more…)
Half Hour Interview with Anne on KGNU
Interview on KGNU's Connections
Our Executive Director Anne Hines was interviewed this morning on KGNU's Connections about our work in Nepal.
Half hour with Anne Hines, Executive Director for "Shoes For Sherpas," a project of the Colorado Nepal Alliance. Discussing their regular mission in addition to current and ongoing relief efforts in response to the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Source: KGNU Independent Community Radio / 88.5 FM & 1390 AM (Boulder / Denver) / 93.7 FM (Nederland)
Link: mp3
T-Shirt Preview
Colorado Nepal Alliance T-Shirts
Help get the word out about the Colorado Nepal Alliance and look good doing it! We've ordered a limited run of these great tech t-shirts which we'll soon be offering around Colorado.
Shirts will be available to those making donations of $25 or more at one of our events. So far, we are planning to have shirts at the following events:
Phidippides Track Club
Denver Trail Runners
Runners Roost - Denver
City Park Run Club
Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder, CO.
MORE, along with dates TBA
If you are interested in having ...
Contact with Mingma Nuru Sherpa
This morning we were able to speak with Mingma Nuru Sherpa. Mingma has coordinated multiple shoe distributions for us in the villages of Khumjung and Kunde in the Everest region, just up the hill from Namche Bazaar on the famous Everest Base Camp Trail. (You can read about one such distribution he coordinated for us in February of 2014 here.)
Mingma reports that there were no additional injuries after the second earthquake, but that almost all of the homes that were still standing after the first one have now collapsed. People are sleeping outdoors under tarps and ...
