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Troopertrek 2011 - muppet - Saturday 16-Jul-2011 Welcome to Troopertrek 2011 16 Feb 11 21:22 PM posted by Jacob French In 2011 I aim to walk from Perth to Sydney to raise awareness and money for the Starlight Foundation and because I believe I can do it in Stormtrooper armour. Follow and comment my progress on twitter or facebook by searching for "troopertrek" Starting in July 2011 I aim to walk from Perth (Western Australia) to Sydney (New South Wales). Over the course of the trek I will cross 4 states and cover approximately 5000km's in modified stormtrooper armour. The plan for now is to push a lightweight buggy with needed supplies an average distance of 35-40km's for 5 days a week until the trek is complete. I am a member of the worldwide "501st Legion", a volunteer organisation that wears quality star wars outfits for Star Wars related events and as a means to contribute to their local communities through charity work. My involvement with the 501st Legion has been a fantastic experience and I have had plenty of opportunities to put on my suit of armour and entertain the public. In October 2010 I participated in the RunMelb Half marathon (21kms) in my stormtrooper suit. The suit was restrictive and got quite hot while I was running, but the seed was planted for the troopertrek idea. Since the marathon I have started to train regularly for this event and have acquired a much lighter and flexible set of armour that will be trimmed for better movement. I am hoping that by choosing to wear stormtrooper armour I will be able to gather more attention for the cause I am running for and have a bit of a laugh along the way. If there are any social events along the route that you think might benefit from having a stormtrooper attend, let me know! “TK-6283 “ Jacob French Follow me on Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/troopertrek and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Troopertrek-2011/191534147550377 Please donate to me thru this website http://www.everydayhero.com.au/troopertrek http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/15/storm-trooper-walks-across-australia_n_899664.html#s309303 RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Tirilia - Saturday 16-Jul-2011 Amazing guy, good on him! RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Deltorn - Saturday 16-Jul-2011 Best of luck to Jabob. His heart is realy into this, I gave him a lift from goldcoast up to brisbane a month back when he was up this way. He has really prepared himself for it. RE: Troopertrek 2011 - kieran - Saturday 16-Jul-2011 Awesome. Good luck to him ^^ RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Beanie - Saturday 16-Jul-2011 WOW thats is a great trooper!!! btw his in todays "Sunday Mail" paper! RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Beanie - Wednesday 3-Aug-2011 update on where he is.... RE: Troopertrek 2011 - hopfot - Wednesday 3-Aug-2011 He's got a long way to go. :P Also, he got a plug at the indigo last weekend. RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Beanie - Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 Jacobs been up to the Super Pit at Kalgoorlie over the weekend and is heading back down to Norseman onto the PLAINS!!! i had a google maps looks and its around 1500kms already walked. heres a map he has walked... he walked up from norseman to Kalgoorlie and is heading back now RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Deltorn - Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 I thought I read on tag he got picked up by tag member and they drove up to kal. RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Beanie - Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 yeah i think so tooo so maybe little less than 1500km more like 1200kms... he still says his gonna meet us all in Vic geddon! RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Deltorn - Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 (Tuesday 20-Sep-2011, 06:23 PM)Beanie Wrote: yeah i think so tooo so maybe little less than 1500km more like 1200kms... he still says his gonna meet us all in Vic geddon! I hope so, he owes me a patch. RE: Troopertrek 2011 - major payne - Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 I doubt he will get there, he has been on this trek for 2 months, and is still in WA. How will he get to Melbourne in a month? RE: Troopertrek 2011 - muppet - Tuesday 20-Sep-2011 (Tuesday 20-Sep-2011, 07:45 PM)major payne Wrote: I doubt he will get there, he has been on this trek for 2 months, and is still in WA. How will he get to Melbourne in a month? he is going to be flying to Melbourne, then after geddon, returning back to where he stopped. RE: Troopertrek 2011 - muppet - Monday 31-Oct-2011 Vote for Jacob in the http://toan.vegemite.com.au/toast-of-a-nation-nominate.aspx in the vegemite toast of the year RE: Troopertrek 2011 - Moxxxie - Monday 31-Oct-2011 Voted. I really hope he wins!~ |