About 20 people dressed as hotdogs hiked through the mountains around Tucson over five days to raise more than $24,000 for the community food bank.
Henry Brean After a 100-mile journey through rain and snow, a team of hiking hotdogs emerged from the Catalina Mountains on Sunday to a hero’s welcome from the Wienermobile itself.
People are also reading… The event ended up with more than 40 sponsors and a host of donated items – everything from gift cards to high-end backpacking gear – that are now being raffled off to raise even more money for the cause. Temperatures ranged from the mid 30s at night to the high 70s during some of the lower-elevation desert stretches. That might not sound too hot, Pagac said, “but hiking in a hotdog costume in full sun can be kind of a lot.”
They crowned Pagac as an honorary Oscar Mayer Hotdogger, with all the rights and privileges conveyed by the title.The group included seasoned veterans of the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail and other well-known through-hikes that take weeks to complete, but this trip presented a whole different kind of challenge. Over the course of a few days, they faced desert sun, pouring rain, high-mountain snow and sharp elevation changes.
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