LINDA WILLIAMS
Where: Childrens Hospit
Job: Physiotherapist
Born: October 30th
Support me on my quest to raise funds for BC Children's Hospital.
"Be the change you want to see in the world"
-- Ghandi --
Linda's Bio
This is my first expedition with Summits of Hope and my first "really big adventure" outdoors since arriving in Canada in 1992.
I qualified as a physiotherapist in England in 1981, travelled independently throughout the world including a trip to China and onto Nepal in 1986. I was an avid dinghy sailor and hiker of small mountains in The Lake District, North Wales and Scotland.
I arrived in Canada with the intention of continuing on to Japan, spend some time sailing and work my way back home. Like so many before me I never left Vancouver and my adventures became those of the domestic kind. I have two wonderful children, Madeleine my petulant Christmas Day baby, 17 next birthday and Oscar my quiet but stoic son, 14 in July. The three of us live together in perpetual renovation along with Charlie the rambunctious, eater of the universe, oversized Golden Doodle and two cats! As a single mother working full time the realisation this past New Year that if I'm lucky I may squeeze in two decades before old age and decrepitness catch up with me plus the growing independence of the children (job well done) spurred me on to crawl out from under the laundry and put down the vacuum long enough to do something important and re- capture the spirit of adventure.
I have an amazing group of friends and family who are supporting me all the way. I have a fundraising committee, a hiking committee, a gym committee and a cheering committee for my latest "get even fitter campaign" learning to play waterpolo! I even have a suspension bridge advisory group (I'm terrified of suspension bridges and there are several on this trip).
Summits of Hope is an amazing organisation and fund raises for the most worthwhile cause. It is a privelidge to be part of this expedition.
I qualified as a physiotherapist in England in 1981, travelled independently throughout the world including a trip to China and onto Nepal in 1986. I was an avid dinghy sailor and hiker of small mountains in The Lake District, North Wales and Scotland.
I arrived in Canada with the intention of continuing on to Japan, spend some time sailing and work my way back home. Like so many before me I never left Vancouver and my adventures became those of the domestic kind. I have two wonderful children, Madeleine my petulant Christmas Day baby, 17 next birthday and Oscar my quiet but stoic son, 14 in July. The three of us live together in perpetual renovation along with Charlie the rambunctious, eater of the universe, oversized Golden Doodle and two cats! As a single mother working full time the realisation this past New Year that if I'm lucky I may squeeze in two decades before old age and decrepitness catch up with me plus the growing independence of the children (job well done) spurred me on to crawl out from under the laundry and put down the vacuum long enough to do something important and re- capture the spirit of adventure.
I have an amazing group of friends and family who are supporting me all the way. I have a fundraising committee, a hiking committee, a gym committee and a cheering committee for my latest "get even fitter campaign" learning to play waterpolo! I even have a suspension bridge advisory group (I'm terrified of suspension bridges and there are several on this trip).
Summits of Hope is an amazing organisation and fund raises for the most worthwhile cause. It is a privelidge to be part of this expedition.
My fundraising goal: many many dollars
My highest altitude: other than being in a Boeing 747, about 12,000 feet twenty years ago!
I am raising money for: Children under the care of BCCH
I am climbing for: my dear absent friends and the families who face greater challenges than Everest every day
Blog Coming Soon!
I will be posting blog updates beginning on my next expedition. Please come back to visit me to read my latest updates!
