Kevin Bacon

Actor Kevin Bacon, his older brother Michael, his sister-in-law and nephew hiked to the top of Pikes Peak last weekend, 6/27, with 95 people hiking to the top to raise money for the rock-n-roll cancer charity, the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Cy Curnin of The Fixx played for the hikers as they set out early, early, early for the 12.5 mile hike. Even though Kevin Bacon's flight had gotten to Colorado later than expected the night before, (his plane got diverted to Texas because of thunderstorms in Denver), the actor was among the first people to get to the top of 14,000+ ft. Pikes Peak. "He beat me, the bastard," Cy Curnin said. At the top, Kevin and Michael Bacon played three tunes.



Then they headed back down from Colorado Springs to Denver to play at the Hard Rock Cafe in an after party for hikers. The White Buffalo played a great set, then Cy took the stage, then The Bacon Brothers.



"It was a long day, but it was a good day," Michael Bacon said. "So if it's a good day, you want it to be longer."

Cy says Pikes Peak wasn't as tough as Everest but was still tough.

Kevin Bacon said there's still a stigma with cancer, but by associating it with music and something cool, Love Hope Strength is doing some good. The foundation has held fundraising concerts at Machu Picchu and the base of Mt. Everest and is trying to expand the bone marrow registry, especially with donors of mixed races.