EVENT NAME Hike to Ben Lomond Peak (Climb a Peak, Protect Every Child) DETAILS Participants were all scheduled to meet at the Pioneer Trail at 7:00 a.m. They met Sam along the trail on the way up. Hikers were advised: “Come prepared by packing enough food and water, wearing good hiking shoes, and bring layers.…
EVENT NAME: Hike to Donut Falls (Climb a Peak, Protect Every Child) DETAILS: Participants desiring to hike with the company of Sam Young and crew met at Donut Falls parking lot at 11 a.m. HIKE STATS: Trail Length (Round-trip); 3 miles Elevation Gain: 531 ft Difficulty: Easy For more information about the trail, check…
A Live Feed From the Top of Mount Baldy Was Broadcast on Facebook Event Name: Hike to Mount Baldy (Climb a Peak, Protect Every Child) Details: Participants met in the parking lot of the Snowbird Ski Resort at 11 a.m. In all of the Days of Ascent, this was the one opportunity that PEC climbers…
Event Name: Climb a Peak, Protect Every Child – Hike to Mt. Timpanogas Peak Details Climbers Protect Every Child met at the Timpooneke Trailhead at 4 a.m. They came prepared by packing enough food and water, wearing good hiking shoes, and wore their clothing in layers. There was still a lot of snow left in…
Social media was all astir with all the details of the 8-member climb to Rattlesnake Arches on Sunday, July 14, 2019. Rattlesnake Arches is located in the Blackridge Canyon Wilderness near Grand Junction, Colorado. Posted July 15, 2019 by Julia Nielsen-Wallace, who organized the hike: ” [Here are] pics from our amazing hike to Rattlesnake…
On Sunday, June 30, 2019, from somewhere in the Lone Star State, Sam Young shared this status update with his Facebook friends: “Prepping for 10 days of mountain climbing in Utah, July 24 to Aug 2. Kilimanjaro’s now in the rear view mirror. For three weeks afterwards, I did no climbing or hiking. Three…
On June 20, 2019 in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sam Young of Protect Every Child was there to fly our banner upon the shoulders of some of today’s modern heroines and heroes in the fight to protect children. No children should have to suffer as the LDS Johnson siblings did. No children should have to…
Sam Young was in Salt Lake City on Saturday, June 20, 2019. On social media, he related, “At the Utah state capitol, scoping out the destination of the Children’s March coming up on October 5. With banner billowing in the wind, I inspected the lions. They have names: Integrity and Fortitude. Appropriate names for the…
At 19,341 feet high, Kilimanjaro is the tallest freestanding mountain in the world. “On June 5, 2019, four men reached the summit of Kilimanjaro with a common purpose: To call for universal protections for every child against overt and covert sexual abuse. This supremely important message was consecrated with a prayer, the text of which…
Pictured here atop Chaga Hilltop are Greg Stromber, Randy Bell and Sam Young. It is located outside of Chaga Village in the Marangu region of Tanzania, Africa in the foothills of the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro. This photograph was taken on Monday, May 27, 2019. These same three men went on to scale Kilimanjaro one week…