Long days

What would you make if at the age of 18 old age you were involved in a swimming accident that paralysed you from the thorax down and confined you to a wheelchair? If you are Geoff Holt you single handedly canvas around the United Kingdom 23 old age later.

This story, reported recently, really touched me. Visiting his website, I checked out the picture subdivision and viewed Geoff Holt's study on the start of this immense challenge which he have called his Personal Everest. Although the start did not travel as planned, the bad luck that forced a re-start really explicates graphically the incredible courageousness Geoff have got had to have to try a challenge such as as this.

The start of the challenge had been planned and executed to the last detail. Most of import though was the mass media presence and the start was scheduled for 1.00pm, on May 14 2007, in order to catch television news with a unrecorded cross over.

It was a fairly blowy day, nevertheless the start went smoothly. Geoff picked up a just spot of speed. He had been going for about 15 proceedings when a protagonist boat crossed in presence of him creating a monster wave. The aftermath created by this atilt his boat and he slipped out of his place and drop human face down into the sea.

Of course of study he could not turn himself over and was totally dependent on his team. For him it felt as if it was for ever before he was rescued. In world it was barely 20 seconds. Mind blowing how brave he is to canvas on his own, with that scenario amongst many others, a changeless possibility. Add to that the fact that he have to be able to swear in his squad totally.

Rather than a false start, for me it is a superb indicant of the true challenge. We might have got shrugged the accomplishment off as one of those things. This is especially so for people like myself who can't sail and have got no thought of the challenges faced by able bodied crewmen never mind person paralysed from the waistline down.

A additional picture shows him discussing the weather condition while in Scottland. Due to the unusually blowy and wet summer, the challenge of seafaring around the United Kingdom ended up being a dual challenge. Not only would it be more than than hard to canvas in such as weather, but some of the more extreme weather condition condition condition set a halt to existent sailing.

The defeat of having to wait out bad weather in seaports along the way, must have got been a existent de-motivator. Listening to and watching the video, one can see the awful weather condition in the background and hear the defeat and letdown in his voice.

Have a expression at the images on his website. I dwell in Brighton and the sea laps gently onto the pebbled beach, mostly. On the mental images on the site, the sea is quite different. Amazing what a touching or so of wind can do. The moving ridges are awful to look at, never mind to canvas through with the physical disablements Geoff have to postulate with. Absolutely amazing.

When he finally arrived back at his starting point of Hamble, 108 years and 1 600 kilometer later, he was welcomed by boats, racing yachts and cheering appreciative admiring crowds. It was a hero's welcome for a brave man. Helium is well meriting that statute title and is an inspiration not only to other handicapped people but to all humanity.