RICHMOND, Va. — Dan Schmitt not too long ago cycled practically 4,800 miles throughout the nation to profit Sportable, a Richmond-based group that helps folks with disabilities by sport.

For this week’s CBS 6 Provides, Cameron Thompson donated to Schmitt’s trigger that raises cash for the nonprofit.

“I do not understand how a lot about CBS 6, however now we have one thing referred to as CBS 6 Provides the place we attempt to give again to the neighborhood,” Thompson mentioned after interviewing Schmitt for a information story. “We made the donation on-line, however simply one other $200 right here to your Kon-Tiki Problem so as to add to the $130,000.”

“You guys are superb,” Schmitt mentioned. “The magic simply continues. And it has from begin to end. And the trip’s completed, however the magic continues.”

Schmitt mentioned he wished to do the cross-country journey for years and mentioned he was impressed by the Kon-Tiki expedition, the place a gaggle of explorers sailed a raft throughout the Pacific Ocean within the 1940s — calling his journey the “Kon-Tiki Problem.” He mentioned he retired in December and determined now was the time to do it.

“It is all about setting targets that encourage you,” he mentioned. “All of us wish to obtain and all of us wish to do issues and push ourselves and that is the place we discover achievement. And so, I discovered achievement in my massive purpose, however, it would not must be massive targets on a regular basis. It may be small targets, , can simply be little achievements that we have wished to attain, , for a very long time. So that is the cool half.”