Denver held its annual MS Walk on Saturday, 5 May 2007 at City Park. Registrants waiting to enter the Experience MS Tent are shown here standing next to the Wall of Hope. Registration began at 8 a.m. under rainy skies, and the walk began at 9 a.m.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Denver MS Walk: Blue Shark Haunts Broncos Coach
Broncos coach Pat McPherson chats with friends, oblivious to the fact that he is being carefully eyed by a Colorado bluefin shark -- an incredibly rare sub-genus of the landshark species. McPherson went on to give an upbeat speech at the opening ceremonies, proving once again that the best way to deal with certain death is to feed it waffles and orange juice and pleasantly ignore it until it feels awkward and goes away.
Monday, May 7, 2007
Denver MS Walk: How Now?
In a addition to breakfast, participants in the MS walk enjoyed milk from a local dairy.
Denver MS Walk: Drumline Intro
The East High "Angels" work the crowd. You wanna take the escalator to Heaven, then hire some harpists. You wanna climb the stairway, and work people into a walking frenzy? Bring in the East High drumline. They got their mojo on.
Denver MS Walk: The Lady in Orange
Standing next to Channel 9's Mark Koebrich, emcee of the Opening Ceremonies, an MS Society official introduces Broncos coach Pat McPherson. She is appropriately dressed in orange -- a subtle reference to the Broncos' code-name, "Orange Crush."
Denver MS Walk: Cowgirl Butterfly
This is Emily, a young woman who raised more than $11,000 dollars for the MS walk with the help of her friends on Team John. Her father, John, was diagnosed with MS the week she was conceived. She has watched him struggle with the disease her entire life. See her personal page:
Not only has Emily made a tremendous effort for the MS Society, she has also just been accepted at Yale. Her team mates wore some of the funniest and most colorful costumes on the walk, and her spirit was an inspiration to all.
Denver MS Walk: Strange Light
As we kept walking, sunlight began to break through the dark clouds of morning.
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