Flathead Lake Challenge to Raise Money for Local Special Olympics Team

For the second year in a row, Brian McGough of Columbia Falls, will paddle his kayak around Flathead Lake over a period of five days to raise money and awareness of the Special Olympics Montana – Glacier Area.  McGough encourages other kayak enthusiasts to join him in this endeavor, billed as the “Flathead Lake Challenge.”  Beginning the morning of Monday, August 3rd, McGough and others will depart the public beach in Somers Bay and paddle south around the lake, stopping to camp each evening at State Parks along the way.  The route will be tracked real-time through the use of a Spot satellite tracking GPS and give followers an online look of the path taken during the trip. The journey can be tracked at http://bit.ly/FlatheadLakeChallenge.

McGough hopes to raise more money this year for the Glacier Area Special Olympics team.  Tax-deductible donations can be made online now through the end of the year at www.FirstGiving.com/mtletr/flathead-lake-challenge.  Anyone interested in kayaking one or more legs of the challenge can contact Brian McGough directly to coordinate the details.  Paddlers are asked to have their own kayaks, paddles and personal flotation devices and any needed camping gear if staying the night. 

The event is being co-sponsored by Montana State Parks, which is providing camping opportunities to the kayakers.  Each leg will begin at approximately 6am.