Walk to Bergen Challenge

Sol-land lodge succeeded in walking from Kennewick to Bergen in one year.  We needed 4100 miles and walked about 4500!  Congratulations everyone!  We will have a small celebration at the October 2009 meeting.
Sol-land lodge has a "Walk to Bergen" challenge.  In honor of district 2's 100^th anniversary in 2010 our challenge is to walk, bike or swim as a group, the 4100 miles between Kennewick and Bergen in one year. The challenge starts August 19^th, 2008.

So why not get a pedometer, grab a Gangmerke walking log and start recording your mileage? Maybe this is your opportunity to do that little bit of exercise you've been planning to do. We will tally the total miles in the lodge and move our marker at each meeting. Among the benefits of finishing this challenge are: better health, winning sports medals, and possibly even some publicity for our lodge.

Here are the rules for our Walk to Bergen challenge:

• You can use any activity that can be measured in mileage:  walking, running, cycling, swimming, etc.
• If you choose to earn one of the sports medals at the same time—such as Gangmerke, Sykkelmerke or Idrettsmerke—the mileage counts for both.  For instance, if you walk 2 miles in a day, you can put 2 miles on your Gangmerke mileage log and 2 miles toward the walk to Bergen.
• The total miles (4100) is for the whole lodge, so everyone participating need only do the best they can and we will add up everyone’s miles and apply them to the total.  

If you have any other questions please contact DJ Watson (628-3391 – president@sol-land.org)