Further Faster co-owners Daniel Farber and Martin ‘Rocky’ Walker. The third co-owner is Martin’s wife Julz. The store, which carries a range of technical and not-so-technical gear for trampers, runners, cyclists and kayakers, has seen a surge in interest from Kiwis wanting to get outdoors since last year’s Covid-19 lockdown. “If anything, it has been positive in terms that people are re-engaging with the outdoors again,” Rocky Walker said.
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The camping and outdoor gear store specialises in climbing gear, kayak gear, outdoor clothing, and hiking boots. Farber, who is orginally from the United States, moved to Christchurch in 2012 and opened Long Cloud Kayaks, while Walker, originally from England, established Further Faster in 2014.
Three-quarters of the city s essential workers are Black. Could it be more diverse? Absolutely, Lt. Tracy Joseph, an FDNY paramedic, said. There are not enough African American male doctors in this country, Dr. Phillip Fairweather, who works in the emergency room at Elmhurst Hospital, said. When a patient or a family member comes in and sees someone who looks like them, it means everything, Mount Sinai Staff Chaplain Rocky Walker said.
They are three heroes continuing the fight to save lives. This virus hit particularly hard the African American community, Walker said.
Pervasive social inequalities like poverty and overcrowded housing have led to more Black and Hispanic people contracting COVID-19, studies show.