Bill Barkeley

deaf-blind adventurer, advocate, author & storyteller (public speaker)

605 Lovett Avenue Southeast East Grand Rapids, MI, 49506 United States

616-780-9432

Bill is a deaf-blind adventurer, advocate, author & public speaker (storyteller) that speaks and delivers adventure projects to inspire people around the world - disabled or not - on building a pioneering, adventuring spirit and overcoming the challenges in their lives.

Bill's work is about helping others get to a better place in this world and paying it forward in a life that has been rich and fulfilling beyond his wildest imagination.

Bill's groundbreaking climb as the first deaf-blind person to summit Mount Kilimanjaro was covered on Good Morning America.

The story was to share a personal journey about building a life within the context of your abilities and disabilities.

In Bill’s case, the journey is an inexorable march further and further into darkness and silence.

He is a pioneer with assistive technologies for the hearing impaired / deaf, the vision impaired / blind and those with dual sensory challenges -the deaf-blind.

Bill is one of 15,000 in the United States and 100,000 in the world with Usher's Syndrome which progressively robs its victims of both hearing and vision over the course of their lifetime. There are currently no treatments and cures.

See why in many ways he believes that it may be the best thing that ever happened to him.

RAGBRAI 2013

October 17, 2013  /  bill barkeley

Over 400 miles and a week later. We completed RAGBRAI 2013. I will post more in days to come but no question it was unforgettable and a blast. We hit barriers with lots of hills, wind and tired legs as we went 63 miles today but we dug deeper, aimed higher and reached farther than we thought possible this week. Thanks to an incredible guide, bike driver and friend John Berigan for asking me to tackle this adventure together!

 

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Cool wireless technology bluetooth to hearing aid with microphone on front biker on tandem!

Cool wireless technology bluetooth to hearing aid with microphone on front biker on tandem!

 RAGBRAI : memory maker and does not have to be a budget buster. What is your next adventure? Post it below once you write it the doors of opportunity, possibility and potential open for you.

 

RAGBRAI : memory maker and does not have to be a budget buster. What is your next adventure? Post it below once you write it the doors of opportunity, possibility and potential open for you.

Register's Annual Bike Race Against Iowa - The world's largest. oldest and longest bike race in the world.  Imagine 35,000 - 50,000 bikers per day criss-crossing the state for a week!

Register's Annual Bike Race Against Iowa - The world's largest. oldest and longest bike race in the world.  Imagine 35,000 - 50,000 bikers per day criss-crossing the state for a week!

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