Show Notes | Dame Catriona Williams
0:00 Paralysed at 32: Dame Catriona Williams' story
3:34 A day in the life of a tetraplegic
6:34 Growing up in the saddle
9:17 What Sam says about her
13:54 Representing NZ & the Olympic dream
15:58 The fall that changed everything
19:20 "Why not me?"
20:17 Burwood: learning a whole new body
24:20 The gym moment that changed her mindset
26:59 Going home & losing independence
28:59 Sam & "You must go"
35:56 CatWalk: $28M for spinal cord research
39:54 A letter from Christopher Reeve
41:03 Don't sit and wait for a cure
42:25 How Zara Tindall joined CatWalk
44:22 The Catriona effect
47:32 Turning a French chateau into a fundraiser
50:50 Hand-cycling the New York Marathon
56:31 How a hand cycle works
57:42 Hand-cycling to Everest Base Camp
1:00:49 Hypothermia at a half ironman
1:03:43 Carried to see the gorillas in Uganda
1:06:08 Breaking her neck a second time
1:08:43 "You may not come out of this"
1:12:00 "I can do this again"
1:13:12 Riding Scotland to London at 53
1:14:45 Becoming a dame
1:18:30 Team Connect USA: 3,000 miles across America
1:21:16 Life on the stud farm
1:23:11 What a good life looks like
1:24:26 Advice for someone newly injured
1:25:19 The day CatWalk isn't needed
1:26:02 Walking on stage with a frame
1:28:20 Dancing with Sam
1:29:53 "You need people to lift you up"