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Ed Jackson

Hi i’m Ed. In April 2017 I broke my neck diving into a swimming pool. The accident left me paralysed from the shoulders down and cut short my professional rugby career. This blog documents my journey from the first few days in intensive care to who knows where…..

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Day 922. . The journey begins. . Today I return to Nepal for the biggest adventure of my life. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 922 days since the accident, since I lay motionless in the pool wondering if my life was over. With 60% of my spinal cord severed and three cardiac arrests it so nearly was, but someone or something decided to give me a second chance. . My outlook has changed since that day. Contemplating the end has made me think deeply about what’s important to me and how I can do something of substance with my life. Now, for the first time, I feel that I have a purpose. I know that I have to add value to other peoples lives in order to make mine feel complete. I was forced to look inwards to find something important to me, something to fight for and thanks to that I now have the ability to look outwards and the confidence to pursue my own path. . This path has led me here, a few hours from boarding a plane to Kathmandu and joining thirteen others on an adventure. I have no idea if what I’m about to attempt is physically possible, but if I don’t make it then I know it won't be because I have given up. I learnt very early in intensive care that I couldn't dwell on things that are out of my control. My body often escapes me but my mind never will and it’s my mind that will get me to the top of that mountain, not my body. . Thank you for giving me the strength to get to this point on our journey. I know this wouldn’t all be happening without my amazing family, friends, doctors, nurses, physios and all of you lot supporting from a distance. We're all in this together and I couldn’t do it without you. . Lois, give Baz a hug, I love you both and I miss you already. X . Right, lets go and make a difference.🏔 . Please follow @m2mclimb where we will be documenting our journey in Nepal. . #mm2mountains #climb #challenge #spinalcordinjury #recovery #hope #charity #motivation #inspiration #challenge #discovery #berghaus #mountains #nepal
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Day 910 . It’s not often I take time to reflect on the last two years but when I sat down and watched that short documentary last week it felt like I was watching someone else’s story. Sometimes I still struggle to get my head around everything. I can vividly remember being in intensive care just praying that I would get the use of my arms back so I could use a wheelchair and be independent and now I’m just four days away from heading to Nepal to make an attempt on a 21,000ft mountain. . I often ask myself why me, why did I get so lucky? Ye ok I’m hardly back to normal and my life is very different for from before. Movement, spasms, sensation, bladder + bowel function, sexual function, temperature regulation, you name it and I’ve got issues with it, but who hasn’t got issues right? Everyone has their own mountains to climb in life, we’re all challenged in different ways and who’s to say one persons challenge is harder than another. . Some people think I’m weird for considering myself lucky but I realise now that without those challenges I wouldn’t know who I really am or what I’m actually capable of. My spinal cord injury has challenged me in ways I could never have imagined and as a result I learnt a lot about myself. My perception has changed, I’m not scared any more, in fact I see adversity as an opportunity that I now have the confidence to look for. On Thursday we head to Nepal to take on a challenge that I genuinely don’t know if I’m physically able to complete, and I cant wait. An opportunity to spend three weeks in the Himalayas redefining my limitations, creating connections with new people and raising money for charity. You can’t tell me that’s not lucky...✌️ . To keep track of our journey in Nepal and for more information on future climbs please follow @m2mclimb 🏔 Thank you for all of your continued support x . See 🔗 in bio for documentary 📺 . #mm2mountains #recovery #inspiration #challenge #berghaus #charity #nepal #climb #
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