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 3rd 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.