Timeline: The Extraordinary Life of Bobby McMullen

Dec 23, 1964

Born

.Born in Northern California .Raised in Northern California

Dec 23, 1976

Diagnosed With Diabetes

.Diagnosed with diabetes at age twelve .It was type 1 diabetes which usually forms during childhood, or adolesence

Dec 23, 1993

First Year of Law School

Bobby said, " I've got 20/1200 vision in one eye, that was the best correction they could get in my right eye."

Oct 23, 1996

Skiing World Championship Games

.Learned to ski with a guide and made it to the games .Right before the games Bobby's kidney failed .He needed dialysis to start to get better

Jan 23, 1997

First Double Transplant

.After dialysis Bobby got a kidney and pancreas double transplant .30 days afterward saw hopeful lab results

Oct 28, 1998

Alpine Downhill Ski Competition

.Took fifth place in the competition .Sadly his kidneys failed again, around this time

Oct 23, 2001

On Dialysis

Dec 23, 2003

Second Double Transplant

.Had a successful double transplant after two years on dialysis. .After he tempararily stopped skiing.

Dec 23, 2004

Began Mountain biking

.Raced in the Challenged Athletes Half Iron Man and found biking was his favorite part . Bobby said, " I can hear the guide shift and hear their bike rattle. I don't see any detail, but can find where they're at." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbU6jItYzmE&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Dec 23, 2005

Nissan XTERRA World Championship Mountain Bike Triathlon

. This race was covered by CBS Sports Spectacular . Also been on the front page of Marin Independent Journal today and featured in DirtRag Magazine

Dec 23, 2006

Race Across America

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDypDEWUXn0&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active . Finished 3,000 mile Race Across America . Raised money to research transplants for Team Donate Life . Therese was Bobby's guide . Team came in third place

Jul 14, 2007

Downieville Classic

. The course is 17 miles . Rides the course with a guide before the actual race

Jun 9, 2009

Appeared in Kranked 8: Revolve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulW3SxpiA6g&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active . Shows all races from Downhill races to Freeride

Jul 26, 2010

Rode in the UCI World Cup Mountain Bike Finals

"The amateur course was LEGIT to say the least. Veach and I 'hauled the mail' all week! Our race run was cut short by a flat. The course was rocky, rooty and slippery," said Bobby, in the Mountain Top Telegraph.

Dec 23, 2010