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Devils Tower - Sacred To Many People Project 365:
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Project 365 is one man's journey along the "sacred red path" toward connection with his passion, his community and his future.
In the face of knowledge of poverty, violence and despair, he has determined that it is not possible to fix the problems, nor is it possible to ignore them.
Our fellow countrymen, women and children are suffering.
Frank Sanders decided it is not enough to educate those with whom he comes in contact -- he had to take action, one step at a time, knowing that change comes one day at a time. |
Project 365 is his way of living out the premises he learned in recovery from alcoholism: things must change, change can be measured in steps and hours, and that one person's commitment to change will affect others.
Frank has set a goal of climbing Devils Tower every day from July 4, 2007 to July 3, 2008, no matter the obstacles, including sub-zero weather. Sometimes, the climbing is more like a touch, a way of reconnecting with the power which resides in this monolith of stone and glows redly in the sunrise and sunset. |
Frank is setting a standard that will be here for a long time, and he has done it for the benefit of others. Project 365 is sweeping in its vision of bringing attention to our own Third World Country right here in the heartland of America. Americans are a charitable people and we support ministries, public works and human endeavors around the world, often ignoring our own pockets of poverty, mostly because we cannot believe that our own could suffer as horrible as those outside of our boundaries.
We have let our own suffer and descend into the morass of poverty, drug use and abuse, violence, gang affiliation, lack of employment, unsuitable housing and corruption of government officials.
Project 365, one man's journey along the red path toward a whole community, is his step along a sacred red path that rises vertical, one day at a time. Project 365 is not entirely about the physical feat of climbing Devils Tower every day of a year. It is about bringing awareness of the Sacred Nature of this place into greater consciousness and offering thoughts on what one might do once that awareness has come to light.
It is heart-breaking what is happening on the Reservations to our Native People. And it is possible to see how the issue of climbing on the Tower has become a flash point of differing perspectives. And the voluntary ban on climbing in the month of June is but a bandage on a gapping wound. It is from this place that Frank Sanders started this Project, with the intention of bringing about a dialogue. There is no one "right" answer, but there is information and assistance. |
There is no way to avoid the potential conflict inherent in Project 365 -- Frank will be climbing everyday of the month of June, as it is the last month of his Project. Climbing in June is not new. Anyone who has had even passing contact with Frank Sanders knows his feelings on the subject -- he fully supports all people's worship of the sacred nature of the Tower and invites all to do so in a respectful manner. What is new is that he has come to believe that it will do more good for the average person living on the Reservation to have a medical clinic that has basic supplies and a doctor or nurse, schools that have desks, paper and books, housing for everyone, than it is for the Tower to remain un climbed in the month of June.
Project 365 is a fund raiser for the Non-Profit Devils Tower Sacred To Many People, Inc. As such, it has already provided $1,000.00 in medical supplies for Porcupine Clinic, a small start and a worthwhile Project. |
It is his willingness to physically connect with something greater than himself on a daily basis which will bring awareness to others because of the sheer audacity of the Project itself.
Climbing everyday on the tower has never been done before. |
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