Bill Borger Jr. | |
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 Bill Borger in 2011 | |
| Born | 15 December 1974 Edmonton, Alberta |
Bill Borger Jr. (born 15 December 1974) is a Canadian businessman, adventurer, and Canadian Chartered Accountant.[1] On September 9, 2000 Borger became the first Calgarian to successfully swim the English Channel.[2] As a part of the English Channel swim Borger raised $100,000 for the Canadian Mental Health Association.[3] On May 11, 2011 Borger became the first Canadian to have both swum the English Channel and to have climbed Mount Everest.[4] The Mount Everest climb was used to raise funds for the Calgary Handibus Association; for this charity Borger raised $400,000.[5] Borger's website states, as of June 6, 2011 that monies raised for the Calgary Handibus Association are $502,350.[6] 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.[7]
Bill Borger is currently the President of the Borger Group of Companies.[8]
- ^ Chartered Accountants of Alberta. "CAs in the News". Chartered Accountants of Alberta. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ May, Howard (September 10, 2000). "Calgarian swims English Channel". Calgary Herald.
- ^ ctvcalgary.ca (May 12, 2011). "Calgarian summits Mount Everest". CTV News. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Tetley, Deborah (May 12, 2011). "Calgary man first Canadian to climb Everest, swim English Channel". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ ctvcalgary.ca (May 12, 2011). "Calgarian summits Mount Everest". CTV News. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Borger, Bill. "Borger Peak and Pond". Bill Borger. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Global News (31 March 2011). "Calgarian to join elite 'Peak and Pond' group". Global TV Regina. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ Myers, Sean (March 29, 2011). "Calgarian Bill Borger sets ambitious Mount Everest goal". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 6 June 2011.[permanent dead link]