DETERMINED dad Roger Brookes is attempting to hike more than 17,500ft to Mount Everest's base camp – 15 years after he was told he would never walk properly again. Roger, from Woore, was involved in a car accident in 1999 which left him with serious back injuries. But now, after years of training and recovery, he has resolved to show how far he has progressed. So the 44-year-old, a development support training officer for Staffordshire County Council, has planned an expedition to climb...
Reported by The Sentinel Stoke 9 hours ago.
DETERMINED dad Roger Brookes is attempting to hike more than 17,500ft to Mount Everest's base camp – 15 years after he was told he would never walk properly again. Roger, from Woore, was involved in a car accident in 1999 which left him with serious back injuries. But now, after years of training and recovery, he has resolved to show how far he has progressed. So the 44-year-old, a development support training officer for Staffordshire County Council, has planned an expedition to climb...
Reported by The Sentinel Stoke 9 hours ago.