Stuff Between Hikes

Last month I climbed Mount Pierce and Mount Eisenhower. Later this month I'm hoping to climb Cannon Mountain, which is 4,100 feet high and has a huge cliff on one side of it. The cliff used to have a face made out of rock on it called "The Old Man of the Mountain," but it fell off a couple of years ago.

Anyway, between my hikes I do other stuff that kind of has to do with my project. I discovered a neat website called the Greenerator. It's on the Scholastic Kids website and it can give you tips on going green. You can create an account, and get points by keeping score from doing green things. I've gotten some points for things like carrying a reusable water bottle in my backpack, checking out DVDs from my library, and raising money for a green cause (which is this project). It's really fun and if you have kids I bet they would love to do it.

Last weekend I was interviewed by someone who writes for the Appalachian Mountain Club's magazine called AMC Outdoors. They're going to put something about me and my project probably in the June or July issue. When it comes out I'll try to put a link to it.

Between hikes I also like to run or jog with my dad or my papa, to stay in shape for hiking. Today I ran in a 5K race called Evan's Run, which has nothing to do with me. Evan's Run is a fundraising 5K/10K race to help raise money for the Evan Henry Foundation for Autism. My brother, Lucas, ran in the 1/4 mile race, and he got a ribbon. My race time was 34 minutes and 48 seconds. My papa ran with me and came in 2 seconds after me, but not because he's slow. My dad raced in the 5K too, but last year he did the 10K. He came in before me and my papa.

I am really excited about climbing Cannon Mountain, my fifth summit for the project. I'll write a trail report about it when I'm done climbing and post it on my blog site.

Green Tip #3: Don't throw any toxic liquids into the grass or woods. It can hurt the plants and trees very easily, and can pollute the water in the ground. I'm doing my science project this spring about plants and toxic chemicals. I have six plants and six liquids: water, coca-cola, motor oil, anti-freeze, Windex, and dish soap. I'm going to see how the liquids affect the plants.