But when he went online to get more information about the event and learned that there was a US $ 2,600 sign-up fee, he didn't know what to do. Luckily, a friend who worked at a newspaper learned of the situation and wrote about it. A professor at Aletheia University, Chen Chun-ching, donated NT $ 100,000, allowing Lin to become the first Taiwanese to take part in the Sahara ultramarathon.
他開始上網搜尋資料，但一看到報名費高達 2,600 美元，心就涼了半截，幸好在報社任職的友人聽到消息後，在報上披露了這個消息，獲得私立真理大學教授陳俊卿資助 10 萬元，讓他順利成為台灣第一個挑戰撒哈拉超馬的選手。