When I heard about his adventure I was inspired and decided that I wanted him to be the piece for my Determination and Courage piece that would be submitted to PageTurner competition.
As a MS suffer himself this challenge would have great difficulties due to MS and he would be alone on his journey. This journey included crossing 6 countries from Europe to the Arctic Circle, 5300 miles in 6 weeks starting June 2012.
Multiple Sclerosis is an inflammatory disease of which affects the brain signals. It causes the signals to the brain to be cut off which can result in the legs not working properly in cases like Steve's and his partner Denise Grierson's in which when walking in the town they are seen to the eye of the public as drunks for the fact that MS is not as well known as Cancer. As well as raising money for the centre, Steve is also raising awareness.
With all this information taken into consideration I created this piece for my PageTurner entry of which was shortlisted however was not used by PageTurner. Steve had been interviewed on his journey and this article was then published into a scooter magazine which was spread out on 3 pages and my design was placed on the first page.
The New Challenge
Steve has a new challenge coming up and would like me to produce another piece of which he wants to be similar to the last piece I created for him. For this challenge Steve will be riding to the Sierra Nevada in Spain from Europe to raise funds for the Canterbury MS Therapy Centre, this ride will be on the same Yamaha Scooter as the Arctic Challenge. It is an 11000 ft Mountain Range and Steve will be riding to the peak. This will start on June 9th 2013.
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