Ride for Bryan: Transrockies Challenge

For those of you interested in the ride itself I have some facts and a link to the official website below.

Race distance                   371 km over 7days
Climbing vertical metres 11,350
Terrain                             49% singletrack

                                        18% wide trails
                                        23% gravel road
                                        11% pavement

http://www.transrockies.com/trc/

Welcome to Ride for Bryan

Late last year I decided to embark on a challenge to compete in one of the most gruelling mountain bike races around the world. The Transrockie's Challenge is regarded as being in the top three most difficult mountain bike races in the world. This has been one of my aspirations for a very long time and my brother-in-law, (Matt Pauli) was foolish to join me in what should surely test my mental and physical abilities to their limit.

The race is a 7 day race traversing the Rockie Mountain's in Canada.

As part of doing this ride I wanted to make a difference by helping raise funds for ' The Friends of Bryan Inc' which is a Charitable organisation established to help a local motor cyclist Bryan Flemming meet the ongoing cost of rehabilitation after a training accident.

Bryan suffered injuries to his spinal cord between his C6/C7 vertebrae (Near the base of his skull) and is now an incomplete quadriplegic. This means Bryan can feel nothing from his chest down, and has only minimal movement in his arms and wrists with no movement in his hands, legs or feet.

According to the Spinal Injuries Association, the current cost for basic support for a person who sustains an injury at age 20 with a life expectancy of 70 is $1.05m for a paraplegic and $8.4m for a quadriplegic. Costs included in these amounts are only initial hospitalisation, personal assistance equipment, home-modifications and doesn’t include costs such as ongoing medical & pharmaceutical, transportation or recreation costs.

You can check out what the Friends of Bryan are up to on http://www.friendsofbryan.com/.

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