Australian Olympian sets off on charity ride
Australian Olympian Edward Fernon is next inward the footsteps of an equestrian legend to heighten coin inward the produce out against depression.
Fernon, 24, who competed at the London Olympics inward the modern pentathlon, which has a showjumping component, has laid off to ride the 1100-kilometre road from Archer’s farm to the scene of his triumph inward the showtime Melbourne Cup inward 1861.
Fernon laid off this calendar week from the farm where Archer lived at Jembaicumbene, 95 kilometres southeast of Canberra.
His ride volition direct maintain him 5 weeks.
He is determined to heighten coin to produce out depression because a identify unit of measurement fellow member suffered severe depression for to a greater extent than than a decade.
Fernon aimed to heighten $A50,000 for the Black Dog Institute, simply has already mustered fourscore per cent of that from the website Everyday Hero as well as diverse fundraisers.
Another destination of his ride is raising awareness. His road volition direct maintain him through rural sites of drought, floods as well as bushfires, where depression is known to live on common.
Fernon said he wanted to beak to people, as well as state them it is OK to beak well-nigh depression, specially given that one-half of sufferers never sought help.
Australian folklore has it that Archer walked from his preparation base of operations inward Nowra to Melbourne inward 1861 to compete inward the showtime race, although paper articles of the fourth dimension propose this is highly unlikely.
Donations inward back upward of Edward Fernon’s cause tin lavatory live on made at http://everydayhero.com.au/
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