Madison resident Ron Reschke loves walking. So much, in fact, that he will be undertaking a 1,200-mile journey around the state to raise money and promote cancer awareness.
“I’ve done a lot of climbing and hiking in the last 10 years,” he said. “I wanted to take those skills and do something positive.”
Reschke, who will leave today from UW Hospital to begin his journey around the state, said he was inspired to do the walk after learning that a former friend and mentor had passed away several years ago from cancer. He had also seen the efforts being made to fight cancer at the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center and wanted to help.