Goodwill Manasota Supporter Turns Mont Blanc Climb Into Fundraiser
Coconut Telegraph
SRQ DAILY
SATURDAY JUL 2, 2016 |
In mid-July, Goodwill Manasota Ambassador Nick Altier’s Mont Blanc climb will raise funds for Goodwill through pledges made on the organization’s website. Altier, who was born in Sarasota and has lived here most of his life, works at Brown & Brown Insurance. He caught the climbing bug during open climb nights at the Lee Wetherington Club of the Boys & Girls Clubs. He has climbed the Six Sister Mountains but Mont Blanc will be his first true mountain-climbing experience. To train for the adventure, Altier, who has lost 30 pounds since October, climbs numerous stairwells throughout the city and also treks back and forth over the Ringling Bridge. He trains with an acclimation mask which restricts his breathing, thus limiting the amount of oxygen he can take in.
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