Alpenglow Adventures
Offering the first hiking adventure trips in the World to anyone who cannot walk, using teams of Human power to push and pull the Kili-kart and Trailrider, to the Havasu and Mooney Falls Campground on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Arizona, to the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, to the Inca Trail Hike in Peru, South America, to seven of the most spectacular hikes in seven Alpine countries in the European Alps, to the most famous hiking trails in the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada in the beautiful Canadian Rockies and the Routeburn Hike in New Zealand, etc.
Alpenglow Adventures is an adventure program of the Kentucky Easter Seals Camp Kysoc, a 501 c 3 (Not For Profit) Facility of the 501 c 3 (Not For Profit) Kentucky Easter Seals Cardinal Hill Healthcare System. It has been authorized and approved by the Kentucky Easter Seals Board of Directors of the Kentucky Easter Seals Cardinal Hill Healthcare System, the largest rehabilitative healthcare system in the world, to begin offering to those who cannot walk the first hiking trail access to America’s and to the world’s greatest hiking adventure locations. All proceeds net income will go to help fund children and adults with disabilities from five surrounding states who attend Camp Kysoc in Carrollton, Kentucky each year. Some of the proposed hiking trips will specifically help to fund children and adults from a five State, or greater area, to attend a six-day special needs summer session at Kentucky Easter Seals Camp Kysoc each summer.
It is the belief of the Kentucky Easter Seal Cardinal Hill Healthcare System, that no person with a disability should be denied the possibility and the means of hiking trail transport (Kili-kart and Trailrider) necessary to see and to enjoy the greatest outdoor hiking adventures in America’s State and National Parks and in the world’s most famous National Parks.
It is believed, that until now, that no one in the world who cannot walk, has been offered hiking trail access to any of America’s or to the World’s most scenic hiking locations, or to any of America’s National and State Park hiking trails, nor have any hiking trips before now been offered anywhere in the world with an open registration process that invites anyone in good health who cannot walk, or not walk very well, to participate.
We encourage your support and your participation!
Havasu & Grand Canyon Hiking Trip
Alpenglow Adventures is offering the first hiking trip in America that will take participants to both the Havasu Campground including the cool and refreshing 16 mile RT hike down the Havasu Canyon to the Colorado River and to the spectacular Grand Canyon National Park South Rim and the famous hike down the South Kaibab Trail to the bottom of the Grand Canyon National Park to the Phantom Ranch located near the Colorado River and then back out the Bright Angel Trail to the South Rim at the top. This is the first hiking trip in the nation that will descend to the bottom of two of America’s most scenic hiking attractions during a six day trip. All net income from each participant’s trip fee ($735) will go to sponsor a child or an adult with a disability from a five state area to attend a six day special needs camp at Kentucky Easter Seals Camp Kysoc in Carrollton, Kentucky during the summertime.
KYSOC Havasu & Grand Canyon Hiking Trip
It is believed that Camp Kysoc is the first in the nation to offer this hiking trip to the nation’s college and University students. We will be hiking to the bottom of two of the most scenic hiking attractions in North America for the first time during our six day spring break hiking trip.
Because each student participant is sponsoring a business that is supporting a child or an adult with a disability to attend Easter Seals Camp Kysoc during this upcoming summer, it is an honor for Camp Kysoc to offer this never before offered Spring Break trip in 2009, at cost. Join this Grand Canyon hiking trip for a great cause, do something very challenging and very remarkable during your Spring Break that no one else has done. A special trip can be offered from your campus during your spring break if you have ten or more participants.
Book your group early to reserve your spring break dates.
Mount Kilimanjaro
Hike & Safari
(Kili-kart & Trailrider)
Alpenglow Adventures is the very first in the world to offer hiking trail access to the summit of the 19,340 foot high Mount Kilimanjaro summit to anyone with a disability who cannot walk, or not walk very well, by using the Kili-kart and the Trailrider. Everyone is welcomed to join our trips. Over $2,200 from each African trip land cost fee of $5,795 is going to support three children and adults with disabilities to attend a six-day special needs session at Camp Kysoc during the summertime from a five State region.
We will ascend the Marunga Route that offers the only hut system on the mountain. We feel that no other route is easier, safer or offers a more comfortable or safer acclimatization ascent. We can evacuate a participant from the summit rim to the Park Entrance and to a hospital in 8 hours or less. Eight porters will do the transporting of each participant who needs assistance on the safest hiking trail on the mountain, clear to the summit. If the porters can get a participant to the summit by pushing and pulling them in the Trailrider and the Kili-kart, all accompanying trip participants should surely make it to the summit by hiking just as slowly.