# End the Rat Race

> Follow Camilo Ruiz (lowlifewreck) on a live cross-country charity walk from Orlando to Seattle. Track miles, watch daily updates, and donate — half supports The Singletons (single-parent families facing cancer).

The Rat Tracker is a public, map-first site tracking a cross-country charity walk from Orlando, Florida to Seattle, Washington. Camilo Ruiz (@lowlifewreck) is redirecting a life on purpose: half of GoFundMe donations support [The Singletons](https://www.thesingletonsaz.org/), an Arizona nonprofit helping single-parent families facing cancer; the other half funds the journey itself. The homepage shows a live route line, distance stats, location updates from the road, a self-hosted promo film, and the latest daily YouTube Short.

Key facts for agents:

- Primary URL: https://www.therattracker.com
- Route anchor: interactive map on the homepage (scroll to #the-route)
- Mission copy: #why-this-exists on the homepage
- Philanthropic split: 50% The Singletons / 50% on the road (GoFundMe campaign: journey-across-america-to-help-others)
- Fundraising is external via GoFundMe (embedded widget; donations are not submitted on this domain)
- Location data refreshes on a cached schedule (~30 minutes); the walker's phone uploads pings when iOS Significant Location Change fires

## Site

- [End the Rat Race — live route map](https://www.therattracker.com/): Map-first homepage with walked distance, remaining miles to Seattle, latest state signal, and donor stars on the route
- [Route & walk progress](https://www.therattracker.com/route): Server-rendered miles walked, remaining, current state, and last updated
- [About the walk](https://www.therattracker.com/about): Camilo Ruiz (@lowlifewreck), walk origin, and social links
- [The cause](https://www.therattracker.com/cause): The Singletons beneficiary, 50/50 split, and family-services routing
- [FAQ](https://www.therattracker.com/faq): Route distance, donation mechanics, and how to follow live
- [How to help](https://www.therattracker.com/how-to-help): Follow map, share, donate GoFundMe, optional direct Singletons gift
- [Why this walk exists](https://www.therattracker.com/#why-this-exists): Mission, donation split, and GoFundMe embed

## Promo film

- [The poster, in motion](https://www.therattracker.com/#promo-film): Self-hosted promo film on the homepage — illustrated Earth, sketchbook geography, and handwritten urgency matching the site's travel-poster aesthetic
- [Watch full film](https://www.therattracker.com/video/promo): Dedicated watch page for the promo film (when deployed)

## Daily shorts

- [The walk, one short at a time](https://www.therattracker.com/#daily-shorts): Latest YouTube Short from the road (embedded on the homepage; title links to the video on YouTube)
- [YouTube — @lowlifewreck](https://www.youtube.com/@lowlifewreck): Full channel with daily shorts and walk videos

## Fundraising

- [GoFundMe — Journey Across America to Help Others](https://www.gofundme.com/f/journey-across-america-to-help-others): Official campaign; goal and donation totals; half of proceeds to The Singletons
- [The Singletons](https://www.thesingletonsaz.org/): Arizona nonprofit receiving half of campaign donations

## Updates from the road

- [Instagram — @lowlifewreck](https://www.instagram.com/lowlifewreck/): Daily road updates
- [TikTok — @lowlifewreck](https://www.tiktok.com/@lowlifewreck): Short-form updates from the walk

## Optional

- [Sitemap](https://www.therattracker.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable URL list for crawlers
- [Robots](https://www.therattracker.com/robots.txt): Crawl rules; /api/ paths are disallowed