Unexpected Attention?!

Sometimes, given my  poor vision or lack thereof, I’m amazed at  what is  around the corner  when I turn right or left on a sidewalk never traveled before. Such is the case when the Kilimanjaro Challenge was kick started late last year November 2015. It was only an idea then but as time unfolded  the idea snow balled into  reality in September 2016.   Never in my wildest dream did I ever think Spencer and I would be in the media but, apparently, our Kili Challenge was of interest to some.   Below are links to   newspaper articles and radio programs that carried our story. If you’ve not had a chance  to view them previously, check out the links below.

It was an adventure of a lifetime and  Burnaby Now’s the 3^rd article  summed up  the Kili Challenge the best.

Newspaper Publications:

1st Burnaby Now article

 http://www.burnabynow.com/news/blind-burnaby-man-to-summit-mount-kilimanjaro-1.2317284

2nd Burnaby Now..follow-up article:

http://www.burnabynow.com/news/fundraiser-for-blind-climber-a-huge-success-1.2327829

3rd Burnaby Now article - Oct. 12th (Wrap-up story)

http://www.burnabynow.com/community/she-was-there-with-me-and-spencer-1.2362653

CBC Radio Interview for  the Early Morning Edition:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/blind-burnaby-man-kilimanjaro-1.37223032nd CBC

Early Edition (radio) (follow-up story upon return from Kili):

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/programs/theearlyedition/blind-b-c-hiker-scales-mount-kilimanjaro-1.3794460

As you were all aware , The Kili Challenge was  not just a personal tribute to Lana but it was also to support two charities  with a $15,000 donation target each. I’m happy to report , thanks to all of you, we were able to reach and beat  each charity’s donation targets as follows:

Alzheimer Society of B.C. : 15,027

Down Syndrome Research Foundation : $16,717

For those who have not donated and are still  contemplating to do so , both charity’s donation pages are still up and available via my blog,  mysummitchallenge.blogspot.com , to  accept your donations for your 2016 tax year.

Again..Thank You! Thank You!  Thank You! ..for all your tremendous support!

Bill

Ps. Please feel free to  connect with me via my e-mail  address:  billder.ca@gmail.com  with your thoughts on  our Kili Challenge.