Ashish Goyal, a trader from JP Morgan lost his eyesight at the age of 22. Yet despite this setback, he tells us that learning about the cause of Akshaya Patra has made him realise how blessed he is. The loss of his eyesight hasn't stopped him from climbing up the career ladder to become VP of Cross Markets at JP Morgan and it didn't stop him from taking on a challenge on behalf of Akshaya Patra. Ashish said he contemplated marathons and bike rides when he decided he wanted to raise awareness for our charity. Instead, he settled his mind on tackling rabbit holes.
On September 3rd, Ashish completed a ten mile walk from Seaford to Eastbourne through the Seven Sisters Park. Amongst other things, along the way he confronted 7 cliffs and 7000 rabbit holes. During his training, Ashish said; "rabbit holes, can be a big challenge as I realised 2 weekends ago, especially when its uphill or downhill and you are walking blindfolded or blind and using a cane to avoid your ankle landing at an angle, that you might need a helicopter to take you off in a medical emergency and also when there is a cliff 20 meters away that you could roll off it and fall into this beautiful but slightly mucky water body."
We would like to say a big thank you to Ashish, who raised over £5,000 for his inspirational challenge!
