As you may or may not be aware, Hannah Pascoe a blind tandem cyclist from Invercargill set herself the incredible challenge last year of cycling the length of Aotearoa in just 19 days. She did this in the hopes of raising money for future athletes and give back, encouraging others to start ‘chasing dreams’ as she did on her pursuit to get to the Paralympics.
Hannah has made a statement below we would love to share, along with a fantastic article from Women’s weekly (a PDF) and an audio interview of the article itself from the team at Blind Low Vision.
Thank you for all your support to get our amazing team from the top to bottom of Aotearoa. It was a huge journey for us all and I do look forward to sharing our mammoth journey. What I can share at the moment is thanks to so many near and wide that together we raised $28,500 toward Chasing dreams for Blind athletes. My magic number is $100,000 so I’ll keep quietly chipping away. In the meantime I cannot thank you enough for all of your support in getting us to this point. I’m so grateful and excited for what this means for our blind community.
Lastly please see attached an mp3 recorded article via Blind low vision and a PDF article taken from the women’s weekly written by Ruth Jillings. A few examples and highlights of our ride downward. We are also thankful to all of our media outlets including Radio New Zealand, More FM, Southland times, Channel 1 Breakfast, the Otago daily times and NZ Me for following and helping us to get the word out during our 19 days.
Another thanks to Kara for keeping the Chasing dreams page constantly updated throughout those weeks to and the outstanding piloting. As well as Janet, Aunty Marcia, Aunty Ora and Uncle Nobs for everything.