The Enchantments Traverse: A Photo Gallery

The 4^th annual Timmerman Traverse for Life Science Cares wrapped up last month, but I’m feeling a bit remiss for not telling the whole story.

This year’s successful $1 million campaign came in two parts.

First, there were a pair of back-to-back day hikes in the North Cascades with a team composed mostly of newcomers to the Life Science Cares national network. Most of them were beginning hikers, too. This was the public-facing part of the program.

But after that group went home, a second group came to my beloved Washington state for a next-level adventure.

This was a smaller, hand-picked group of alumni of the Timmerman Traverse who are especially strong hikers and elite fundraisers. Together, this group raised $160,000 to fight poverty through the Life Science Cares national network. These folks joined me Aug. 22 for a hike of The Enchantments.

We covered 20 miles of rugged trail and gained 4,500 vertical feet in a single day through hike. We did it in good style, according to plan, in just under 12 hours. That meant moving fast early in the day to top out on Aasgard Pass (elev. 7,800 feet), and then slowing down in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness to savor some of the most spectacular scenery in North America.

Thanks to the TT alumni who joined me on this memorable outdoor adventure:

Julie Sunderland, Lalo Flores, Andrea van Elsas, Mark Murcko, Hamid Ghanadan, Dave Melville, and Doug Fambrough.

The photos don’t do this hike justice. The whole thing was special. The scenery, the fellowship, the impact of our work together.

If you are game for outdoor adventures of this magnitude, see me. luke@timmermanreport.com.