Last night, we told you about Rowan Garel, the blind 14 year-old young man who plans to walk 92 miles to fundraise for BCVI.
He hopes to raise 100 thousand dollars in much needed funds for the Council's summer cam programmes.
Rowan and his family started at 5 a.m. sharp this morning, and this evening, they told us that they fell just short of their daily goal. But, they were still happy with the day's performance.
We spoke to Joe Garel, Rowan's dad, and he told us that the conditions were excellent for the start of the walk.
They had a following of about 2 dozen participants who jumped in and followed along in the walk at specific intervals.
At the end of the walk, they arrived at the Joan Sutherland Softball field in Esperanza, which is 13 miles from their starting point at the Benque border.
Garel told us that although they fell short of the 18 mile mark, tomorrow, they want to start where they finished today, and hopefully end off at the Belmopan entrance. This is an ambitious 22 mile distance, which they are pushing to meet to get back on track.
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