Bill Borger Jr. (born 15 December 1974) is a Canadian businessman, adventurer, andCanadianChartered Accountant.[1] On September 9, 2000 Borger became the first Calgarian to successfully swim theEnglish Channel.[2] As a part of the English Channel swim Borger raised $100,000 for theCanadian Mental Health Association.[3] On May 11, 2011 Borger became the first Canadian to have both swum the English Channel and to have climbedMount Everest.[4] The Mount Everest climb was used to raise funds for the Calgary Handibus Association; for this charity Borger raised $400,000.[5] Borger's website states, as of June 6, 2011 that monies raised for the Calgary Handibus Association are $502,350.[6] The combined efforts of climbing Mount Everest and swimming the English Channel placed Borger as the fifth person ever to do so; these combined events are known as Peak and Pond.[7]
Bill Borger is currently the President of the Borger Group of Companies.[8]
Borger began climbing in 2000 and, from 2009 to 2011, had climbed over 40 peaks in North and South America, Asia, and Europe includingMount Rainier andDenali in North America[9] and The Matterhorn[10] andMont Blanc in Europe (the highest peak in the Alps).[11]
On July 14, 2012 Bill Borger along with climbing partner John Furneaux set a new route during their summit ofMount Thor[12] that they named,The Great Escape. This climb was also the first free climb of the Southwest Face.[13][14]
^Chartered Accountants of Alberta."CAs in the News".Chartered Accountants of Alberta. Archived fromthe original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved8 June 2011.
^May, Howard (September 10, 2000). "Calgarian swims English Channel".Calgary Herald.
^Stefanac, Rosalind (October 2011)."On top of the world".CA Magazine. Retrieved11 October 2011.
^Gillies, Craille (Fall 2011)."Trained for Endurance"(PDF).Tracks and Treads. p. 28. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved11 October 2011.
