ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – A group of 39 students at the University of Texas at Austin, split into two smaller teams, are currently seventeen days into a 70-day odyssey from Austin to Anchorage.
They are the 2026 standard-bearers of the Texas 4000, a yearly journey started in 2004, aimed at raising money for cancer research.
Each rider is required to raise at least $7,500 to participate, with many clearing that amount by a significant margin. The total raised, according to rider Aishwarya Kothalanka, is in the neighborhood of $350,000…