Bill Borger Jr. (born 15 December 1974) is a Canadian businessman, adventurer, and

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Chartered Accountant. On September 9, 2000 Borger became the first Calgarian to successfully swim the

English Channel The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France. It links to the southern part of the North Sea by the Strait of Dover at its northeastern end. It is the busi ...

. As a part of the English Channel swim Borger raised $100,000 for the

Canadian Mental Health Association The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) is a Canadian non-profit mental health organization that focuses on resources, programs and advocacy. It was founded on April 22, 1918, by Clarence M. Hincks and Clifford W. Beers. Originally named ...

. On May 11, 2011 Borger became the first Canadian to have both swum the English Channel and to have climbed

Mount Everest Mount Everest (), known locally as Sagarmatha in Nepal and Qomolangma in Tibet, is Earth's highest mountain above sea level. It lies in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas and marks part of the China–Nepal border at it ...

. The Mount Everest climb was used to raise funds for the Calgary Handibus Association; for this charity Borger raised $400,000. Borger's website states, as of June 6, 2011 that monies raised for the Calgary Handibus Association are $502,350. The combined efforts of climbing Mount Everest and swimming the English Channel placed Borger as the fifth person ever to do so; these combined events are known as Peak and Pond. Bill Borger is currently the President of the Borger Group of Companies.

Mountain climbing

Borger began climbing in 2000 and, from 2009 to 2011, had climbed over 40 peaks in North and South America, Asia, and Europe including

Mount Rainier Mount Rainier ( ), also known as Tahoma, is a large active stratovolcano in the Cascade Range of the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The mountain is located in Mount Rainier National Park about south-southeast of Seattle. With an off ...

and

Denali Denali (), federally designated as Mount McKinley, is the highest mountain peak in North America, with a summit elevation of above sea level. It is the tallest mountain in the world from base to peak on land, measuring . On p. 20 of Helm ...

in North America and The Matterhorn and

Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (, ) is a mountain in the Alps, rising above sea level, located right at the Franco-Italian border. It is the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus Mountains, the second-most prominent mountain in Europe (after Mount E ...

in Europe (the highest peak in the Alps). On July 14, 2012 Bill Borger along with climbing partner John Furneaux set a new route during their summit of

Mount Thor Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak (Inuktitut syllabics: ᙯᕐᓱᐊᓗᒃ, "huge bedrock", or ''Kigutinnguaq'' "tooth-like"), in Nunavut, Canada, is a mountain with an elevation of located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Is ...

that they named, ''The Great Escape.'' This climb was also the first free climb of the Southwest Face.

Swimming

July 23, 2000, Borger placed third on the 26.4 km long

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with a time of 8h 52m 45 sec. September 9, 2000, Borger crossed the 21-mile English Channel. The feat took him 12 hours and 11 minutes of continuous swimming without a wetsuit.

Cycling

In 1996, Borger cycled across Canada in 32 days.

References

External links

Complete Record of Bill Borger's Mountain Climbs and Swims

Calgary HandiBus Association
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