Bill Barkeley - Climbing Kilimanjaro

In the July issue of Outside magazine is an article “A Long Way for a Short Film” on film making and mountain climbing. Thayer Walker writes that “Bill Barkeley is a 46 year old father of 3 with Usher syndrome, a condition that has left him legally deaf and blind. Bill considers climbing Kilimanjaro a process of transformation. He hopes to become an advocate for the deaf and blind. Overcoming adversity leads to the “butterfly moment” of reaching the top - capturing the “caterpillar moment” on film presents a greater challenge.”

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.” Proverb

Bill said, “This project was my biggest and hardest, yet the most rewarding that I have ever done. I know that I am changed forever as I am passionate in helping others expecially the hearing and vision impaired. It started as a hope and a dream and hundreds of people got me up Mt Kilimanjaro. The grace of God and my faith in the human spirit took me to the top. I will never forget those who wanted to help and now we can make a difference.”
Now that my friends is Courage in motion. Bill Barkeley is an inspiration who will help pull many up the mountain to join him in making the world a better place for all.

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Scott Rigsby - Changing the World, One Race at a Time

Scott Rigsby is a double amputee from Southwest Georgia who runs Triatalons, The Iron Man and has set 2 World Records. I was very inspired by his attitude. Scott lives by a simple motto - Do what you can, do the best you can and don’t ever quit. He says you can sit on the sidelines of life or get back in the game. Good words to live by. I call that Living in Courage. Scott says to stay in the game long enough to make something happen. He wants to change the world one race at a time - one person at a time, and to educate the world about prosthetics. I admire you so much Scott. Thank you for encouraging all of us to say no to being defeated on any level. What a great role model you are for others. We will follow your success at Living in Courage, because you represent what this site is about and that is uplifting the human spirit in all of us.

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