KING TIDE CHALLENGE 2025
A walk with friends to benefit UCSD skin cancer research
January 11, 2025
NEXT UP: The 2025 KTC walk will be January 11, 2025 – stay tuned for details.
Thank you 2024 Challengers…
Your individual donations combined with the proceeds from our Tower 13 after party raised over $18,000 for skin cancer research at UCSD. The money went directly to the clinic ran by Dr. Gregory Daniels and Dr. Soo Park, who use immunotherapy to treat skin cancers. Your contributions are helping people today!
King Tide Challenge founders, Chris Swanner and Julie Thunder, presenting a check to UCSD’s Dr. Soo Park (left) and Dr. Greg Daniels (right).
Are you up for The next Challenge?
Enjoy walking 11 miles of pristine California coastline, most of it wild and protected by difficult access, all of it filled with beauty and awe… be prepared to help with beach cleanup by picking up trash along the way!
What: A beach walk to benefit UCSD Skin Cancer Research.
Date: January 11, 2025
What is a King Tide?
King tides are the highest and lowest tides of the year. During a low king tide, the beach opens up allowing walkers to get around areas that are normally submerged. When the King Tide happens at night, or in the middle of the week, we schedule our event during a mid day super low tide, which is what the 2024 hike will be. You will see and experience our local beaches like you never have!
How to Participate
- Sign Up to join us and then donate to UCSD skin cancer research;
- Start walking – a lot! – to prepare for 4-6 hours on hard wet sand and exposed jagged reef;
- Walk necessities:
– day pack
– food & water
– cell phone
– flashlight or headlamp (in case you spend too much time taking pics, and don’t make the end point by dark);
– large ziploc bag for trash pickup
– money (for your celebratory refreshments at Tower 13 and other event swag).
You can read about the 2022 KTC from Coast News here.
