Kelly Fogden (left) travelled with her mum on a four-day bike ride in the central North Island last year. Kelly Fogden may be facing one of the toughest times in her life as she battles breast cancer, but she’s still determined to help others have a unique bike-packing experience in the Far North.
Fogden, who was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer last November, is planning the Top of the North Bikepacking Adventure which will run for three days from May 13 –15.
Though the 38-year-old can’t make the ride herself, as she is to undergo surgery on May 9, she is enthusiastic about the trip, which she created to “give people an adventure”.
“A lot of people wouldn’t really think of coming to the Far North to explore bike-packing. Advertisement
Advertise with NZME.
“It’s for people happy to go at their own speed and meet people in the community and have a yarn and talk cycling.”
Fogden, a self-employed wedding stylist and florist from Matauri Bay, started planning the trip last October before her diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer which is aggressive and relatively rare. Read More Friends, family rally behind Far North woman facing … Bay News: Friends rally to help Far North woman’s cancer … She finished chemotherapy in March and is still on Keytruda treatment, an immunotherapy drug that is not funded by Pharmac and costs $9100 per treatment.Friends have rallied to raise funds to support her family and pay for the treatment, which has so far reached […]
Continue reading the original article at: www.nzherald.co.nz