Contents

Preface

Foreword

Map

ONE Six foot tall and bullet-proof

TWO Taking the cake

THREE A stroke of luck

FOUR The simple things

FIVE My dream comes true

SIX Dark days

SEVEN Finding my legs

EIGHT Climbing Kosciusko

NINE Just me and my dogs

TEN She’s a cracker!

ELEVEN A ‘live’ proposal

TWELVE My little mate

THIRTEEN Opening another gate

FOURTEEN My mate quadriplegia

Photographic Insert

Acknowledgements