Montana AIDS Vaccine Ride 2001
After the amazing and challenging experience of cycling through Alaska, I decided to
register for the Montana ride which took place in the Summer of 2001. I appreciate all of the
support I received for the Alaska ride and thank you for your continued
support for my Montana adventure to benefit AIDS Vaccine Research.
While I was on the ride, I called someone to update the site daily. A map of the ride
and the daily updates can be found at the link below:
I created this web site to show my gratitude for all of the support I received
from friends and family. I hope you enjoy looking at the trip pictures and 'hearing'
all about the Montana AIDS Vaccine Ride!
I also created a web site for my Alaska trip. If you would like to view the Alaska site,
follow this link
Alaska AIDS Vaccine Ride Pictures
With the help of my family and friends, I was able to raise over $4100 for the
Montana AIDS Vaccine Ride. Last year, I raised close to $9000 for the Alaska ride.
The total amount raised for the research institutes has mot been determined yet, but I
will post that information here once it has been calculated. A total of 4.1 million
raised through the Alaska event was distributed between the 3 research institutes:
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Institute
Montana AIDS Vaccine Ride 2001
The Montana AIDS Vaccine ride was a challenging 575 miles from Missoula to Billings.
Montana, known as Big Sky country was filled with beautiful mountains, rivers, and valleys.
I hope you enjoy the pictures even though the hardly capture the beauty and the sense
of the "Big Sky" that you get while you are there.
I have not decided yet if I would like to do an event next year or not. I am
thinking about the following options:
The Amsterdam to Paris AIDS Vaccine Ride - minimum $5000 in donations required
Doing a few local weekend rides where I cover the minimum donation amount, but
will notify anyone who may want to sponsor me above the minimum to help a good cause
Maybe just a vacation ride, but I am sure I will do at least one small ride to benefit
a good cause, possibly one of the MS rides. I am already planning on doing a two day ride in September
2001 to benefit Lung Cancer on the Cape.
I will continue to update the news section with recent progress as noted in the August
articles by the Emory Vaccine Center:
News Updates and Training Progress
www.VaccineRide.org
My email address is: MoriartK@cs.rpi.edu
Thank you again for your support!!!