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2nd Walking “Through Davide’s Paths” |
The 2nd
Walking “Through Davide’s Paths”
took place on the holiday June the 2nd 2009 and it was a great
success and a wonderful sunny day.
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I am the
oak because I’m smart, wise, intelligent and
strong DAVIDE Davide, with his simplicity, identified himself with an oak tree: he had deep values like the roots of this tree, and this gave him much
strength and wisdom. |
We sold more than 3750 tickets, 500 of
which just before the start, while the others were sold on three weekends at
the main malls and shops and at primari and secondary schools and to many
many friends. The sum collected was 13.500 euros, 12.000
from the tickets and 1500 from sponsors and donations. 900 people completed the path either the 5 or
the 7 miles on the hills (see the gps altimetry) and many of them appreciated
the “pasta al pomodoro” cooked by the volunteers (in total 20 kg of
“penne” were eated in one hour !!!). Many people took photographs with the Biathlon
Champion Michela Ponza and with the 2 times Canoeing Olimpic champion
Antonio Rossi, who attended the event. Here are the first photos took by Caterina,
Davide’s schoolmate and member of COCODA (Davide’s Schoolmates
Commitee) the start of the athletes (they ran, while the
others just walked ...) the start of the others the podium with the two guests champions, the first
woman, the first man, and the 6th boy (6 was Davide’s favourite
number) the COCODA’s with the two guests champions Here’s the newspaper article written by Eleonora,
another COCODA member. The 2nd Walking “Through Davide’s
Paths” took place on the woods of Castelmarte, Proserpio and Canzo, villages
where Davide lived and attended primari school, with a great success and with
900 people attendance. The Walking, organised by the
Association “La vita è un dono” was made to remember a boy, Davide Carbone,
who passed away two years ago because he was affected by propionic acidemia,
a metabolic disease of which the Association is funding research. People in Castelmarte breath a new
air, due to the clear sky and the shining sun, but mostly due to the spirit
of many people walking together. It was a family atmosphere, an
atmosphere of exchanged words and smiles among different people, an
atmosphere that everyone breathed with happiness and joy, in a frenetic and
quick world that brings to forget everything. Everybody walked together trough the
paths that Davide used often to walk breathing this fresh air. And also the two world famous sport
athletes, with their simplicity and ease in meeting people, witness that you
become “great” with little things, that diligence, enthusiasm and sacrifice
makes you grow as an athlete, but mostly as a man. “Life is a gift” you can’t it!”, this
wrote Davide: and this was the atmosphere that everyone breathed in
Castelmarte last Tuesday. The Walking’s summary The Walking’s preparation The Walking’s guests |