Help Travis Tollett conquer the Pikes Peak Hill Climb again.

[RATTFINK]

All,
OKXterra brought to our attention a man named Travis Tollett who in 2007 broke his neck racing up Pikes Peak, on an ATV, in the Hill Climb race and as a result became a quadriplegic.

Well it turns out that since becoming a quadriplegic he has been determined to be the first quadriplegic to tackle Pikes Peak. The only problem is funds.


If you can donate at least $5, please reply and we will figure out how we will distribute the money raised and send it to OKXterra to make the donation from Xterra Nation. If you want to make a personal donation, that is fine too.

Send donations to:
amandahusak at sbcglobal dot net

>>Be sure to submit it as "Payment Owed" under the "Personal" tab to minimize loss of $ to fees.<<

Donations end Friday, June 22, 2012 at 5p PST


Who we are going through to make the donation:
http://invested.in/Pages/Projects/ShowProjectDetails.aspx?pid=2361


Original thread:
http://www.xterranation.org/showthread.php?1632-Pikes-Peak-Challenge-Driver

I don't usually post stuff like this, but since it relates to offroad driving, I figured, why not. This link is about a good friend of mine, Travis Tollet http://invested.in/Pages/Projects/ShowProjectDetails.aspx?pid=2361 . Travis is a former pro quad racer that broke his neck racing the Pikes Peak challenger a few years ago. Since then, as a quadriplegic, he has been in the race as a car co-pilot for drivers, but this year he will be the first quadriplegic to race Pikes Peak as a driver!! The website is about donating $ to help his team out, but I'm not posting this to ask for money for him so much as I am to just get his story out there. He is a really sharp and strong-minded young man that has defied the odds every since his accident.

Read Travis's story here:
http://mylifeatspeed.com/archives/11796

 

[jmnielsen]

I'm going to send the donation when I get off work!

 

[J Everett]

Count me in. Just let me know who to send the donation to so that XN can donate all our contributions as a united team. Perhaps we can even sponsor Travis and send him an XN sticker package for his Pike's Peak run.

 

[OKXterra]

Thanks for getting this going, Johann. I have known Travis for 5 or 6 years and he is one of the most deserving people I can imagine for such an opportunity.

 

[RATTFINK]

No problem. Hope we can all pull together to help him achieve his dream.

 

[Oz_X]

So I'm confused; Travis needs help agreeing with or cooperating with the "Pikes Peak Hill Climb"?

CONQUER!!!!!! As in "Xerxes sent a Persian force to CONQUER Greece!"

 

[drbandkgb]

What came of this?

 

[J Everett]

Yeah, I still don't know to whom I should send my donation.

 

[Macland]

I'll see if I can get OKXterra to chime in.

 

[SnickerDoodle]

Im down to donate! lemme know where to send the funds to!

 

[OKXterra]

Hey, everyone. Sorry this thread got quiet on this end, but Ratt and I have been trying to figure out the best way to do this so that the $ gets to the right place in the right way. If you would like to contribute to a fund that will be submitted as a donation from The XterraNation, PM me and I will let you know what we have figured out. Thanks for the interest and support!

 

[KChurch86]

Sub'd for future donating purposes...

 

[OKXterra]

I've already been receiving PMs from folks and appreciate the response. We are going to be submitting a donation via PayPal as a collective Xterra Nation. I will also be giving Travis an XN sticker and telling him we expect pics from the peak . Thanks again for everyone's support and interest.

 

[RATTFINK]

OP to be updated.

Send donations to:

amandahusak at sbcglobal dot net

​

Be sure to submit it as "Payment Owed" under the "Personal" tab to minimize loss of $ to fees.​

 

[KChurch86]

Done!

 

[OKXterra]

One more bump before we wind this down and forward everything to Travis. Thanks to all of those that have contributed!!!

 

[OKXterra]

So Pike's Peak was delayed a bit due to the fires, but Travis completed his histroric run last week. He really appreciated the help the XN gave him. Here are a couple of pics from the event... look closely above the headlight openings.

A little clearer view...

Thanks to everyone that helped him out!

 

[Macland]

That's awesome. I wonder if anyone noticed.

 

[OKXterra]

Not sure, but he got A LOT of press coverage at the event so the logo was potentially seen by a lot of folks.

Oh, and for those interested in learning more about Travis' journey, here is a link to a 3 part series at MyLifeat Speed:
http://mylifeatspeed.com/archives/tag/travis-tollett-2/

A documentary is being edited right now too.

 

[RATTFINK]

Very cool!! Stoked he was able to compete.

 

[drbandkgb]

Amazing

 

[J Everett]

Super awesome!

 

[drbandkgb]

Okx... Rep sir

 

[Timrich]

Bad a$$!!!

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[Kris&HerX]

Emily and I wanted to go to the Pikes Peak climb so bad this year - but we didn't keep up with the date and ended up missing it. (We thought that they'd moved it to Sept.)

So happy to see XN could help out. You guys are def. a force to be reckoned with when it comes to helping needy people out!

 

[Roninjiro]

wow, I have never seen this thread and was wondering what was up with the pic David posted on FB. Way to go XN members who did donate!

 

[OKXterra]

Yeah, members of the XN family really came together on this one and Travis was very appreciative. He requested the XN decals so they could be front and center on race day.

 

[drbandkgb]

Thats what a good club is all about man... And if he needs more help down the road.. Im sure we can do it

 

[Roninjiro]

that's good to hear, i need to keep a wider eye out on the forum

 

[Kris&HerX]

You know we'll be keeping up with the dates in the future. No way we're going to miss next years race. And since we're this close too, we'll keep our ears out for anything else worth a huge XN helping hand.