Friday, November 30, 2007

To Much Clutter

Well it works. I can't control the e-mail that SPOT sends out except for the first line of text. Seeing as how we will probably send out a couple of these a day I am going to create a separate Blog just for the SPOT. That should keep things a little more neat and organized. Here is the new blog. http://accspot.blogspot.com/

OK Unit Number: 0-7349272

Everything is fine. Check out where we are now.
Unit Number: 0-7349272
Latitude: 45.7778
Longitude: -111.2681
Nearest Town from unit Location: W Cedar Meadows Ln, Amsterdam, MT, US
Distance to the nearest town: 0 km(s)
Time in GMT the message was sent: 11/30/2007 18:17:02

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45.7778,-111.2681&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

SPOT

After researching for a while (and a lot of help from Michael's Mom) we have decided against the satellite phone because of cost. Instead we found this cool new gadget called SPOT. It is a personal locating beacon that will send out emails or txt messages to anyone we put on a list. There are three different functions on the unit. A check in button, which is hopefully the only thing we will ever need, and also a help button and 911 button. The help sends out a message to contacts that we specifically list, and the 911 button sends a signal to the SPOT center in TX were they decide from the location whom they should call in.

The reason I am telling everyone this is I found a way to have the unit send an email to the blog so everyone can check out were we are when we press the check in button. I am going to be testing it out for the next couple days. All you need to do (hopefully) is click on the link and it should bring you right to Google maps with our exact location.

15 days until departure!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Three weeks to go

Our departure to Ecuador is getting closer by the minute. We have less than three weeks to go before I depart Bozeman on the 14th to catch up with Jer and Trav in LA. We have all our gear purchased , hotels booked, climbing routes selected, and are almost ready to go. All we have to do is some packing, and re-packing until we can fit everything in our bags.
On the fund raising front we have raised approx. $12,000 and have $3,000 to go before we reach our goal of $15,000 for the people of Darfur, Sudan. With the success we have had so far, I have no doubt that we will reach that goal before we leave for South America, or soon after.

God Bless and Love Always,

Michael

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Over 2/3 of the way there!

As of Monday the 20th of November we have raised over $11,000 for the suffering people of Darfur. It is an amazing accomplishment and we give all the glory to God!!

To all of you who have donated so far, Thank you!

God Bless and Love Always,
Michael

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Small Turnout BIG Hearts

Last night ACC gave a presentation at the Amsterdam-Churchill Bank on Darfur and explained what we are doing in Ecuador. It wasn't a huge turn out but everyone who came were very supporting and gave generously. We raised just under $1,000.00 for the displaced people of Darfur! Thanks so very much to everyone who showed their support.

If time allows we hope to do one more presentation for the people of Bozeman.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Welcome!

Hello everyone, and welcome to our new blog. This is were you will find all the updates while we are climbing in Ecuador. We will be leaving for Ecuador on the 15th of December so start checking for updates then.

The ACC Team