{"id":981,"date":"2009-10-13T13:26:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T19:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/?p=981"},"modified":"2010-11-11T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T20:34:23","slug":"30k-harley-rider-does-iron-butt-extreme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/motorcyclecolorado.com\/blog\/30k-harley-rider-does-iron-butt-extreme\/","title":{"rendered":"30K Harley Rider Does Iron Butt Extreme"},"content":{"rendered":"

My timing couldn’t have been better. I called Jim Campbell at home just 10 minutes after he had completed a 30-day, 30,000-mile ride to raise money for muscular dystrophy. He was still unloading the bike, a 2008 Harley-Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Ultra Classic.<\/p>\n

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\n    Stopped in Wyoming by snow and ice. Photo: Jim Campbell<\/div>\n

If that seems impossible to you, there are definitely other doubters. One person commenting on the story I first published<\/a> on Examiner.com said simply, “I just don’t believe it. He did it for a great cause, but I just don’t believe it is possible to do 1000+ miles a day continuous for 30 days.”<\/p>\n

Now, I wasn’t there for it all but I believe Jim. As he said in a rebuttal in the comments, “For all who care..I have all the logs, gas receipts, and signed journal from around the country for the 31 days… I can’t believe that I did it either, and not be ‘taken out’ by a car, or Semi truck…( my biggest worry ).”<\/p>\n

Jim’s wife Beth adds in her own comment, “I can tell you firsthand that he DID indeed do all those miles & did them consecutively. It is amazing to me as well and went without sleep a lot, didn’t stop for weather when he probably should have, & in many cases risked life & limb to complete his goal (don’t try this at home kids). He is a very driven guy, to say the least, which is probably one of the reasons I married him.”<\/p>\n

He also has the numbers on his odometer and verification from Harley dealers all across the country. I think it’s legit. Not to mention amazing.<\/p>\n

I just lucked into this story because a friend of Jim’s discovered my Examiner page<\/a> and sent me an email saying he had a friend who he thought deserved some publicity. Hey, I’m an ex-newspaper guy. I know a good story when I find it under my nose. I jumped all over it.<\/p>\n

There’s no sense in my repeating the story here, it’s all available on Examiner. Here are the links:
\nHarley rider covers 30K in 30 days for MDA<\/a>
\nTales from the road: 30K in 30 days for MDA<\/a>
\nMagic spud and more tales from the road of 30K for MDA Harley rider<\/a><\/p>\n

And if you want to add your donation to the $20,000 Jim has raised for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, you can donate on his FaceBook page<\/a>. You can also follow his whole trip there on the FaceBook page.<\/p>\n

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