Anthony Fulker

30 years on and I can’t believe how clearly some of my highschool memories come rushing back with reading all the wonderful updates that others have posted…and how many memories have been lost. I like to think that it comes down to years of new wisdom and learn’n that has displaced some of the older material…Yeah, that’s it.
It has been great reading your stories.

Let’s see, no wife, no kids, no house, errrrr, still skinny, more hair where it don’t belong – less where it do.
I am happy, healthy, active, and suitably delusional so all looks pretty good from here.

I took time off after Hillside to work for awhile (lifeguard/swim instructor), travel for awhile, dance a lot, and eventually find my way to college. Never did get my biology degree, but did grad in recreation (aquatic specialist) and then moved up to Kitimat…realized my error after one year and returned to West Vancouver.
Became an architectural photographer (initially working with my father) and did that for many years.
In ’87, after a wonderful six months exploring in Australia, I came back to Canada for my sister’s wedding and our ten year grad reunion. Shortly after returning home it became obvious that not all was right with my health and I came down with a mystery illness that really knocked the stuffing out of me. I finally reclaimed my health, and then some, after eight years of doctors, hospitals, drugs, and frustration. My recovery came after I walked away from my doctors and turned to natural/wholistic principles. I have since eaten more green stuff than most cows do in a full lifetime and can be found grazing at various vegetarian establishments and fields around the lower mainland.

Upon getting well I returned to photography with a vengeance only to discover my heart was not in it. I became more and more interested in natural healing and started doing a bunch more of that getting educated thing.
I now help people reclaim/retain their health through wholistic and integrated medicine, diet, and lifestyle. I work with a loose team of doctors and other practitioners around North America to support people in finding the motivation, information, and the resources that can help them heal. Sort of came back to the whole biology thing but with less dissections and formaldehyde.
I do a lot of public speaking, give presentations, and lead workshops on a wide range of lifestyle issues.
I also gave up Kraft Dinners and gourmet ketchups, although I do still enjoy the occasional glass of red wine or microbrew beer.

I still play soccer with the West Van Royals which I started, with my dad as coach, back in ‘76 (I’m the old guy) and still play badminton but still not as well as Brian Sheffield or Byron Kidd. Maybe my last year with the Royals as I fear that I have lost way too many functional brain cells to continue smacking my head against the ball, or is it that I keep getting out-run by kids who ask if I am lost while on the field?
I love all the wonderful outdoor activities that are possible living here and I make a point of hiking and getting out in the forests frequently.

I am looking forward to catching up with many of you on the 13th and wish all of you the very best in your continued journeys and adventures.

May peace and joy be with all of you.
Anthony