Chiltern Mountain Club Hike for Life- To Fight AIDS

Chiltern Mountain Club Hike for Life- To Fight AIDS

1983-09-25

The Chiltern Mountain Club, New England's oldest LGBT outing club, was founded in 1978 by Sturgis Haskins. This photograph shows group a of men walking in the Blue Hills, during the Chiltern Mountain Club's first annual Hike for Life- To Fight Aids. 90 hikers raised nearly $10,000 for the AIDS Action Committee during the walk. Checkpoints at the 1/3 and 2/3 marks assured that the walkers completed the entire route. The event was repeated, with increasing success, in 1984 and 1985. In 1986 the hike was discontinued, and the Club encouraged members to instead participate in the AIDS Action Committee's first Boston-area pledge walk, now known as From All Walks of Life.

Keith Labasbas

Chiltern Mountain Club

The History Project, Inc.

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GCN.ORG.00196

black and white photograph

5" x 7" horizontal