Seize Your Adventure

A Chat with Chris Winwood: Endurance cycling, backcountry hikes and working in adventure with epilepsy.

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Chris is an Epilepsy Education & Outreach Worker for the British Columbia Epilepsy Society and in summer last year Chris also raised money for BCES by cycling from Prince George to Jasper - a distance of 375KM - in just two days.(N.B. I can't add up and in the podcast I say 275KM... Sorry Chris!)Chris is a hardcore adventurer. I was introduced to Chris about a year ago, via the British Columbia Epilepsy Society. Chris is an Epilepsy Education & Outreach Worker for the BCES.As well as his work for BCES, he’s also a ski instructor, and he did a BA in Nature Based Tourism at university. His Facebook page always shows beautiful pine forest, trees and rocks and rocks and trees and the odd lake.Chris' lifestyle, his career and his independence really relies on being healthy and able drive.We talked about:-His first seizure when he was 21 years old-Having to give up driving-Depression due to epilepsy-Reaching a moment of crisis due to depression-How his friends, family and colleagues supported him (and how s