Financial Plans

I have thought through pricing, and estimated what it would cost to get the top-notch bikes and bike supplies/clothing for both Timothy and I. I also plugged in what it would cost for 3 months of food at $20 daily(each), and motels at $35 a night for 3 months. I plugged in the prices for all of the supplies we need at max prices, and came up with a sum of $13,591. Of course we are most likely going to cut out less important things from the list, and get deals and cheaper products, but we GOAL for the best, and we'll take what we get in the end.

To view the Excel document on which the financial plans are written, please email us at
bikeacrossamerica@hotmail.com .

Route Official.

The route which is seen in my last blog post has been looked over by Timothy, and has been made official.

I made the point of not staying in Nevada too long, as it's not a good place to be stuck in the heat of summer.

Other news:

Timothy Cole and Mitch Eichblatt plan to Go Vertical in 2011 aswell as Mitch Eichblatt in 2008.

Plans are going great, and communication is improving.

Waiting for Timothy's feedback on route.

I have planned a new route. It is set to go through key cities of importance, such as Washington D.C., Chicago, New York, etc...

I will email Timothy, and I will need his confirmation to make this route official.


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Mitch Eichblatt Going Vertical November 9, 2008

Hey folks, this is Mitch. I've signed up for the Go Vertical 2008 fundraiser for cancer in Chicago, IL. The Go Vertical fundraiser is a stair climbing event in which 2250 participants will climb the stairwells to the top of the Sears Tower, which is currently the tallest building in the United States. I'll be 15 years old when I climb the tower, and it'll be a heck of a story to tell.



I was inspired by an episode of Kenan & Kel that I was watching a friday night after school. Kenan wanted to declare his love for a girl named Brianna, and decided to hang a banner off the Sears Tower declaring his love for her. The idea came to me that I'd love to be at the top of that building, and I looked into it. I found out about Go Vertical 2008 and decided that I was going to do it, if it kills me.

For more info on Go Vertical 2008, go to:
http://www.goverticalchicago.org/

For more info on the Sears Tower, go to:
http://www.searstower.com/

To talk to me, email me at bikeacrossamerica@hotmail.com (I am NOT the webmaster of bikeacrossamerica.org)

Planning the Bike Trip

It's currently Tuesday, July 22, 2008.

Timothy Cole and Mitchell Eichblatt have started their plan to bike from Caribou, Maine to Hollywood, California.

Our trip will begin in June, 2011, and end whenever it does.

We're going to begin saving money now, and we plan to have enough by the time we get out of high school in 2011, when we will begin our trip.

Why are we going to do this?
For health, for the experience, for the adventure, and most importantly, for the hell of it.

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