CRAIG HILL
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Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com
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We updated the journey of triple-amputee Bob Mortimer and his family in this morning's News Tribune, but wanted to share a little more about the Gig Harbor man here.
Here's a link to his website and his trip website.
And here's our original story about Mortimer and his family:
By Craig Hill
The News TribuneThe accident. The 12,500 volts of electricity shooting through his body. The three amputations. Nicole Mortimer figures she’s heard her dad’s testimonial enough – more than a thousand times by her count – that she could recite it detail by detail. So when Bob Mortimer is on stage, she doesn’t watch him. She watches the crowd.
“I like to see the look on people’s faces,” said Nicole, a 19-year-old Northwest University student. “You can see … this is a pivotal moment in their lives and that something in what my dad is saying is going to help them change.”
What she sees is hope.
An accident 32 years ago left Mortimer without his legs and his left arm. But his circumstances haven’t kept him from his mission: delivering hope to whoever will take time to listen.
Starting May 17, Bob Mortimer and his family will take their message on the road. For four months, the Mortimers plan to pedal from Gig Harbor 3,900 miles to New York City, stopping at churches, schools and community centers to share their story. The family plans to finish on Sept. 11 at the Statue of Liberty.
Mortimer’s wife, Darla, and their three children – Nicole, Grant, 15, and Chanel, 10 – will ride bikes. He will handcycle on a three-wheel bike designed for a person with two arms.
“Anything a person can do with two arms, I can do half as well with one arm,” Mortimer said.
The family plans to average 40 miles a day and will travel with a two-person support team: Mortimer’s sister, Jeanne Oesch of Puyallup, and her husband, Don, will drive a truck and trailer along the route.
Mortimer estimates the project will cost about $35,000. The family has been raising money for months while Grant and Chanel, both home-schooled, crammed to finish classes a month early.
They say the work will be worth it to spread their message.
“We have a simple message,” Mortimer said. “You can find hope in Christ, and you can do something with that hope.”
