Stephen Allen Bikes the Colorado Trail
It has been over 4 years since Seize the World Foundation founder, Stephen Allen, completed his round the world bicycle tour to raise awareness for epilepsy. In fact, Seize the World was founded as a conduit to inform the world of this tour and inspire others living with epilepsy. In July, Stephen embarked on another inspirational adventure, a 2-week mountain bikepacking tour of the Colorado Trail.
Stand Up to Epilepsy
Delaney Bjork is a vibrant, happy, fifteen year old girl–but she recently had to face a challenging medical diagnosis when she learned that she had epilepsy. After that, she also had to face bullying at school, both from students and teachers, as well as a host of challenges from medications. But today, Delaney has put most of her challenges behind her in order to become a stronger person.
A Thicker Skin
In September of 2009, Seize the World interviewed Deanna Adams just after she completed the Great Divide Mountain Bike Race (GDMBR). Deanna is a vegan athlete from Prescott, Arizona. She also has Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and suffers from Grand Mal seizures. However, this did not stop her from becoming the youngest woman to complete the race on a fixed gear bicycle or “fixie” at age 20.
Paying It Forward
Tina White is a 36-year-old mother of two living in Denver, Colorado. Tina also has epilepsy and suffers from tonic-clonic (grand mal) and complex partial seizures. Epilepsy has been a huge hurdle, but Tina has overcome many challenges with help from a generous community that includes her family and her friends as well as a chocolate lab named Jersey who is a trained epilepsy alert dog. She has also helped herself through her own perseverance and acceptance.
Faith In Me
John summited Mount St. Helens with his father Tom, as part of an effort to raise funding and awareness for epilepsy. The climb, called “Stop the Eruption,” was a great success and was even covered on national TV. Epilepsy has been a serious condition for most of his life, but the words, “I can’t” are not part of John’s vocabulary!