Fourteeners
Brittney "Bert" Woodrum is climbing Colorado's 58 "Fourteeners" mountain peaks for ShelterBox USA totaling 232,300 feet and 540 miles.
7/27/10 — Trekkers celebrate their arrival at Shira Camp on their way to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (19, 340 ft / 5,893 m) via the Machame Route in Tanzania, Africa. —
Photo by Erich Schlegel
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Introducing the volunteers that think outside the box…
ShelterBox Adventurers are ordinary people that take on extraordinary challenges. Over the years, Adventurers have hit the road, the trail, and even the sea to raise funding and awareness for our vital work around the globe.
Thank you to our Adventurers for all the good you do in the great outdoors!
Keep reading to get to know this daring group of volunteers.
Steven Tonkinson
The Everesting Challenge
From August 26-27, 2022, Steven “Tonk” Tonkinson completed his epic Everesting Challenge, climbing 29,029 vertical feet-the equivalent height of Mount Everest – in just 30 hours – all with our iconic ShelterBox on his back.
The challenge has raised over $60,000 in vital disaster relief funds as well as priceless awareness for our work.
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Claudia Gerst
Duke City Marathon
On Sunday, October 16th, 2022, Claudia Gerst from the Rotary Club of Santa Fe Centro ran the Duke City Marathon with a ShelterBox on her back!
Claudia’s epic run has raised over $3,500 in vital disaster relief funds.
Jane Lanford
Route 66 Challenge
For her 66th birthday, Jane ran the entire Denali Highway in Alaska on behalf of ShelterBox–that’s 135 miles in 28 hours!
Jane’s impressive birthday run has raised over $8,500.
Sondra Scott
50 by 50 Challenge
ShelterBox Ambassador Sondra Scott took on, arguably, the most scenic adventure yet! Sondra completed a 250-mile bike ride around southern Sicily over the course of five days and raised over $15,000 in the process, smashing her fundraising goal.
