History

On September 9, 2000 Bill Borger became the 18th Canadian and first Calgarian to ever swim the English Channel. On May 12, 2011 Bill Borger summitted  Mt. Everest and became the 1st Canadian and 5th man to ever accomplish both feats.  His climbing experience spans 4 continents and 10 years and includes attempts on more than 40 peaks.  The stories of many of those peaks are included on this site.  His claims include expeditions up Mt. McKinley, Mt. Rainier, The Matterhorn, Mt. Blanc, Mt. Labouche and many more.  Bill is still climbing but has substantially quit swimming.

Bill is a Chartered Accountant by profession and currently oversees a number of his family’s 4th generation businesses which fall under the general umbrella of The Borger group of companies. Bill has two children Katie (10) and Billy (7). Bill’s thirst for adventure has seen many cycling epics, climbing epics and swimming epics. One of his crazy challenges was to cycle Canada from Victoria BC to St. John’s Newfoundland (8000+km) in less than 30 days during which his 3 man cycling team turned into a solo bid from the 1200km mark onwards as his comrades quit. He accomplished the cross Canada feat in 32 days.

His primary focus is on his work and his kids but he is continuing to hone his ice climbing and mountaineering skills. One may wonder what might be next, stay tuned.