Jeff Alt
 Jeff Alt excels at combining worthy causes with outdoor adventures. He walked the Appalachian Trail to raise money for a home for the disabled, inspiring an annual event that has raised more than $100,000 to date. This walk is featured in Alt s award-winning book, A Walk for Sunshine, now in its fifth printing. Alt has been an expert hiking commentator for ESPN s Inside America s National Parks, and his adventures have been widely featured in media across the country. |
A Hike for Mike
An Award-winning adventure: Jeff Alt convinced his wife (Beth), a woman raised with the belief that vacations include hot showers, beaches, and warm beds, to chuck her domesticated amenities and Take a Hike to help her overcome the loss of her brother to suicide. Jeff had to spend quite a bit of time convincing Beth that the hike would be romantic, skillfully leaving out some minor details about the journey. They walked the 218-mile John Muir Trail across California s Sierra Nevada mountain range as a depression awareness campaign, carrying all their supplies on their backs and sleeping on the ground for weeks on end. Several times along the way, Beth realized that she had been taken for a ride or rather a hike. But, Beth came to realize that this was just the remedy she needed. Not only are they still happily married, Beth even says she d do it again! Jeff and Beth s trail adventures, detailed in the award-winning A Hike For Mike, will entertain and inspire anyone through Jeff s witty humor and inspirational stories.
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