Good neighbours: Cyclists gear up for cross-Canada trek

Times Colonist | Jeff Bell

Kibby Evans and Daman Milsom will have someone special to inspire them when they set out on a cross-Canada cycling trip later this month.

Evans, a 24-year-old Duncan resident, said the main impetus for the journey is her father, Barry, who underwent a life-saving liver transplant late last year.

"My dad received a liver transplant on Dec. 5, 2011," Evans said. "We started planning this while he was still waiting for it."

She and Milsom call their 9,000-kilometre cycling effort Trekking4Transplants, and have set some lofty goals.

"We're trying to raise $50,000 for the Transplant Research Foundation," Evans said.

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