MARCH FOR TIBET'S INDEPENDENCE:
Charlottesville, VA to Washington D.C. 2006
Wednesday: June 7, 2006

Day Six: What would you do for a Klondike Bar?

From:   Just inside Fauquier County, VA
To: Centreville, VA (20 miles outside of Washington D.C.)
Distance: 17 Miles

Topography: Very hilly, ups and downs, narrow shoulders, at times quite windy and many, many trucks.   a non stop stream of traffic. Very Dangerous

Weather: Solid sunshine and blazing hot. Today was officially Africa HOT!!!

Details: So smooth that we are all worried about what tomorrow holds  

The March:
Start:     8:30 am
10 min Break:     9:00 am  
10 min Break:    11:00 am  
Lunch:     1:00 pm
2 nd Half:     1:30 pm  
10 min Break:     2:30 pm
Finish:           3:30 pm  

Avg. Time: 1 st Half:   2.25mph (11 miles in 4 hours)
2 nd Half: 3 mph (6miles in 2 hours)

Total Time: 6 hours

Marchers:
Core: 16 (Khempo Ngawang Dorje, Charlottesville, VA; Jigme Norbu, Indiana; Tsering Yeshi, Vermont; Thupten Zopa, NY; Tse Dorje, NY; Tenzin Sherab, Hawaii; Yeshe Gyaltsen, Chicago; Kunsang Dechen, Chicago; Pala, Chicago; Ngawang Norbu Sherpa (aka Colonel), Boston; Dawa Phuntsok, Boston; Tsering Youdon, Boston;   Rich Felker, Charlottesville; VA, Ananda Reed, Philadelphia; Larry Gerstein, Indiana; Douglas Herman, NY)

Guests: JUST THE CORE!!!

Casualties: Just the totally obliterated Turtle along the side of the road, and a construction worker who combusted from the heat and allowed Thupten Zopa's head to gain some relief from the Africa heat and give the group a collective helmet!

On the DL: Ananda Reed- massive blisters-shifted smoothly to role of support

Stand Outs: Everyone for braving the heat
Mr. Douglas E Fresh for eclipsing his 1,000th ITIM Mile!

Rating: Outstanding            

Host Families: Bull Run Unitarian Universalists of Manassas, VA
Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd

Meals:            
Lunch: Subway. Five times a charm
Dinner: Thank you Sonam from Washington DC for supplying our meal

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO TOM NOLL FOR THE USE OF THE SHOWERS AND YOUR AMAZING GARDEN.   WE WILL RETURN!!!

Leg Seven:
Distance: 8 miles
Wake Time: 6:30am
March Start: 8:30am   
Est Finish: 12:00 (in time for High School Presentation at 12:30)