Aftersight’s 4th supportive experience, the Audio Trekker Hike, took place on July 27, 2024. A record number of hikers hit the trail to support Aftersight and spend the day as a community in the beautiful Colorado outdoors. Thanks to our volunteers, sponsors, and hikers, we raised over $15k to help Aftersight continue to offer services for free to Coloradoans … Read more
Lion Penn Street Thanks to Aftersight and the collaboration of the Gill Lions, Poudre Valley Lions, Loveland Downtown Lions, Loveland Lions, Lafayette Lions, Louisville Lions, Berthoud Lions, and the Longmont Columbine Lions the 4th Annual Audio Trekker Hike was a ROARING success! Over 75 people attended and many lives were forever changed. We had … Read more
Lace up your hiking shoes and dust off your trek poles! The 2024 Audio Trekker Hike is July 27th at Meyers Gulch Trailhead at Walker Ranch. The hike is 5 miles and has 800 feet of elevation gain. It is a wonderful hike whether you’re a first timer to hard core hiker. It will be a day to … Read more
Saturday, August 12th, 2023 | Royal Arch, Boulder, CO Thanks to everyone for making this year’s hike a giant success – we had more hikers than ever! Thanks to our incredible volunteers for showing up and stepping up! Thanks to our generous sponsors Trinware, Orion Mortgage, FNBO, Kroger, Erik Weihenmayer’s Reach Foundation, Colorado Lions, and … Read more
A native Coloradan, Scott has been active all his life. He was a gym coach for 35 years, teaching gymnastics, karate, dance, and cheerleading at the two gyms he owned. But that was just the summer; he spent his winters “going out on the road” to do acrobatics. He was a high diver and a … Read more
Bringing Print to Life Hike Saturday Aug. 12th, 7 AM | Royal Arch Trail (Chautauqua), Boulder, CO 2023 marks AINC’s third annual Bringing Print to Life Fundraising Hike with the Audio Trekkers! This supportive event pairs sighted guides with hikers who have some form of blindness or Low Vision. Each team works together to summit … Read more
On August 28th, AINC held our second-annual fundraising hike in Estes Park. It was a perfect late-summer day in the Colorado hills, and almost all of our staff was at the event. We were blessed to be joined by almost 30 hikers with a visual impairment and even more volunteers who came along to be … Read more
Melissa Simpson climbs the summit with her ropes team in the Rocky Mountains. Pulling is Skyler Williams from Touch the Top and Emily Breeden from TRANE. Penn Street of AINC is pushing. Next to Melissa is her trainer, Karen Fenske, on Tuesday, Sept 29th, 2020. Photo Credit: Moses Street. What’s within you is stronger than … Read more