Name: 2022 Pikes Peak Challenge Summit Hiker: Katrina Crow
Brand: Pikes Peak Challenge
SKU: 42074
Availability: InStock

Hello Family and Friends,

For some reason, I got tired of riding on the back of my husband’s motorcycle and wanted my own. I took the class and passed with flying colors and got myself a bike. Two weeks later – my baby was 1 year old. On May 24, 2014, I had a helmet on and crashed in a bad motorcycle accident where I was airlifted to the hospital. My husband was riding with me and saw it all in his mirror. I sustained a TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury, a broken shoulder, ended up eating through a tube and in a coma for awhile. Since the accident, I have had my mouth wired shut for a few months and a couple surgeries. My right eye is still slow and my right pupil is constantly dilated. I now love sunglasses. I struggle with my short term memory a bit, but returned to work. My corporate job shut my office door and held my job for 15 months until I was medically cleared to return. I worked for months and was then invited to the early retirement party. I am now working at a job that I never thought I would like at all. But, I do!

“BIAC has been amazing! When I don’t understand something, somehow they know how to explain it in a different way until it clicks in my head.” – Victoria, Survivor of a Brain Injury

Survivors of a brain injury must fight through unimaginable mental and physical challenges. There isn’t a cure for brain injuries; they don’t grow back like hair or fade like scars. While no two brain injuries are the same, they do have a few things in common. They are always present and dealing with the effects is a lifelong, day-in-day-out process. They require brain injury survivors to navigate in a brand-new world as they fight to establish a new normal.

Funding is critical for BIAC to continue supporting survivors in our state, which is why I am reaching out to family and friends to share my exciting commitment to participate in the 2022 Pikes Peak Challenge Summit Hike. The Pikes Peak Challenge will test my mental and physical boundaries as I raise money and awareness for those who have suffered an injury to the brain. When I finish, I will have hiked 13 miles and 7,400 vertical feet to the 14,115 ft Pikes Peak Summit!!!

I’m raising money on behalf of the the Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado’s ongoing mission to improve the lives of those affected by an injury to the brain. For over 36 years, this organization has dedicated itself to the brain injury community and now I’m lending my support to their cause, and I hope you’ll join me. The Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC) is the go-to resource for help and services for survivors of an injury to the brain, their families, and providers.

To reach my goal, I need your help. Please consider donating to help me reach my fundraising goal of $200. (or more!) Check out my donation page to make a contribution or to learn more about BIAC.

Are you up for the challenge?
September 7, 2024

2022 Pikes Peak Challenge Summit Hiker: Katrina Crow

By Katrina Crow

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