First, thanks to @Heretic for funding my 24 hours (and 40 bonus minutes) of silence in the forums! I really REALLY enjoyed that. Maybe even, but probably not, More Than You!!!
Second, thanks to EVERYONE else who helped me reach my 2nd fundraising challenge which was to Triple my forum output once the self-imposed silence ended. Stay tuned for more details on that…
Third, thanks to anyone and everyone who helps me to achieve my 3rd fundraising challenge which is to reach a Mt. Sufferlandrian, but not totally unrealistic, total of $1500. Fundraising link here
What stoooopid thing would I do for that amount? Well, since you asked, maybe you’ve heard about something called Everesting? This is basically climbing a single hill, anywhere in the world, and doing repeats of that climb until you’ve reached a total elevation gain of 8848 metres. This can also be done virtually. Either way, it’s hard. Really hard. Hells 500, the Keepers of the Cloud, describe it like this:
“FIENDISHLY SIMPLE, YET BRUTALLY HARD.
EVERESTING IS THE MOST DIFFICULT
CLIMBING CHALLENGE IN THE WORLD.”
But a single virtual Everesting, while hard as SUF, isn’t quite as hard as a DOUBLE VIRTUAL EVERESTING now is it?! That’s right, I will commit to a virtual DOUBLE Everesting if my fundraising total exceeds $1500 by the close of the final stage of the Whateveryouwannacallit Tour 2024.
IF I reach this fundraising goal, I will train like only a Sufferlandrian can and get that Double virtual Everesting done by the end of April 2024. That’s just shy of 2 months of training. And what do I get? Well, I get a badge
But even better, I get to climb HIGHER than Mt. Sufferlandria:
From the archives:
MT. SUFFERLANDRIA®
It rises some 30,000ft above Lactic Acid Sea level, the glow of its volcanic crater visible for thousands of miles.
The most imposing peak in the range of rocky fangs that form the Sufferlandrian Alps.
Fundraising link also here, icymi