Jul 23, 2006

Walktopia Weekly News, Vol. 1, No. 1

While you were getting steps, taking strolls and making strides of your own, here's how others were "putting one foot in front of the other" during the week of July 17-24, 2006.

Sticktuitiveness Gives Hikers The Edge
Five teenage students from Ho’opono Services for the Blind completed a four-day trek through the “boot-eating lava fields and high elevation moonscapes” of Haleakala Crater on Maui. Unique circumstances, training and special ability helped them walk to success. Click this LINK to the full article.

Team of 12 Finish Cross-Country Walk
Wendy Bumgardner, the About.com Guide to Walking reports on culmination of the Sportline Steps Across America walk. Sponsors included Tracfone and Wal-Mart. Here's the clickable LINK to her full article.

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