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Why a WA man bear-crawled for 23 hours to go 7.46 miles
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Why a WA man bear-crawled for 23 hours to go 7.46 miles

The Seattle Times·Mathew Callaghan The Spokesman-Review·27 days ago
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Since March of last year, Brenton Sconce has bear-crawled 1 to 2 miles almost every day in preparation for the 50th Bloomsday. On Monday around 9:47 a.m., Sconce’s hard work paid off as he crossed the finish line on Spokane’s Monroe Street Bridge just under 23 hours after undertaking his onerous odyssey. As Sconce tended to his raw, blistered hands and tried not to pick at the dead skin peeling off his palms, he reflected on what drove him to bear-crawl for 7.46 miles. “Everything has changed since being in recovery and finding my identity more solidly in Christ,” Sconce said. “That opens up doors for me to start thinking possibilities of like, ‘Oh, I think I can do something like that.’ “ Last May, Sconce launched his addiction recovery organization BEAR, which is an acronym for “build, empower, achieve and recover.” So far, Sconce’s crawl on all fours has raised around $9,000 in scholarships for people needing aftercare, and the money is still funneling in.…

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