The team is very pleased to announce that our Pozible campaign fund raiser was a storming success thanks to 120 supporters contributing a total of $13,660. And to all those people who for whatever reason could not offer any financial assistance, we felt your good vibes!
We are just three weeks away from setting forth and all members of the team are working hard to make this trip and film a success.
At times there have been struggles during the lead up, I won’t lie. Vonna has had a surprise trip to Perth to get her lungs gold seeded and I have just returned from a month long trip to the UK which ended in the cremation of my dear mother. I am strikken yet again by the plain fact that absolutely everyone goes through this shit all the time. And that if we are going to live our lives to the full, with meaning and a little bit of joy, we not only have to directly contend with all this stuff, but we have to accept it without question.
Anyway, back to the West MacDonnells. A lot has been happening. We have been having team meetings to work out each other’s individual needs (we are a pretty diverse lot). When I was in the UK I collected some kit, including puffer jackets, from those lovely folk at Mountain Equipment. We’ve started using the Pozible funds to buy essential camera equipment. And the Ford Ranger Wildtrack is getting adapted to Left Foot accelerator as I write (more on this awesome kit later).
So, It’s all going to plan (just) and hopefully someone who looks like us might see us and know that they’re not alone. That they too can have a go. That matters.
And finally, a quick thought about cooperation. By working together we will form a strong team, cooperating so each individual is able to go beyond their usual boundaries. In doing so, I think we will demonstrate how our disability does not define who we are and how co-operation makes us (everyone) whole.
