Hooked on Fenix
Flashlight Enthusiast
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- Dec 13, 2007
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I walked in the Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society this weekend since my mom died from cancer last October. My family was evacuated the day after her funeral because of the Witch fire in Southern California. Obviously, cancer had a huge impact on my family and I chose to fight back by raising money to fight this disease. My sister made the luminaria for my mom and my mom's sister. These luminaria lit the track all night, but not the infield my team and I camped out at. At midnight, they turned off all the lights for the night so some people could sleep. Our group was left in the dark and I was the only one who brought lights other than one propane lantern a parent brought. The people that weren't on the track hung out under a portable carport shelter. I hung my Fenix L2D with diffuser, 2 4AA Energizer folding lanterns, and River Rock 1.5 watt lantern from the carport. I had a 3AA Coleman XR-C lantern down below. I loaned out 3 1AAA dorcy l.e.d. lights and Gen. 2 Inova X1 to kids. I let the adults chose from a Huntlight FT-01, Inova radiant series 2AA and 2AAA, Gerber Foreman, 2 3AA l.e.d. maglights, PT Quad and Yukon HL headlights, BD Spot headlight, Xtar Cree P4 18650 light, and many others. I saved the Fenix L1D and P3D for me as well as the 2008 Inova T1. Besides the blisters and tight tendons on the back of my knees, the event was fun. I made my goal of walking 22 miles, the length of the Mt. Whitney trail I'm dayhiking in June. This just goes to show us that we don't need to horde our collections of flashlights all to ourselves. We can find uses for all of them at once for the good of mankind. Find a cause that you can get behind and use your lights to help others.