Summertime is here, so there's no better time to get outside and have some wheelchair adventures than by getting into the popular sport of Geocaching. Geocaching is a great way to get outdoors, discover new places, and play high-tech hide-and-seek. Whether you're a paraplegic in a sporty off-road wheelchair, or an adventurous quadriplegic rocking a powerchair, you can find accessible geocaches all over the world.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
It's that time again, when we take favorite photo's from the pushingthelimits Flickr group and show the world how you crazy readers roll. This week it's group member bunnyandcoco with a simple but hugely emotive picture. Showing pretty much how we all feel when we get the wheelchair off the sidewalk and enjoy the feeling of freedom from being outdoors.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Geocaching has been around for a while and it's great fun, but for someone in a wheelchair it can be frustrating to head off, GPS in hand, only to find that the trail or path becomes impossible to cover in a wheelchair. We've been there and it sucks.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
No Barriers, the showcase and expo for disability sports in the outdoors founded by Mark Wellman and Erik Weihenmayer (the blind mountaineer who climber Mount Everest) have announced that the 2008 event is to be cancelled. In a press release Erik talks about the decision to "postpone" the event until 2009 so that it fits inbetween the 2008 Summer Paralympics and the 2010 Winter Paralympics:
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
We like the environment, it's green and pretty and stuff. We like getting out and enjoying the country it would be kinda nice if it didn't all end up looking like the surface of mars or something. Plus we really dont want global warming to get all out of hand and leave us with no snow to shred each winter.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
A simple three-wheeled kart, with the front wheel steered via hand control, and a sail attached much like a windsurf or land-yacht. The blokart wasn't specifically designed for people with disabilities but it's become a great new sport for wheelchair users in recent years.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Taking a shower or bath is no easy task for wheelchair users. For many, expensive bathroom modifications simply aren’t possible. That leaves two options. A shower wheel chair is a useful tool at home if you have a roll-in shower and can easily wash and bathe without transferring from the shower chair, but for the majority of people [...]
Thursday, April 17, 2008
If you are looking to go all out and want a one of a kind wheelchair then the option of having a custom made wheelchair made from scratch isn’t as crazy, or expensive as it sounds. Lasher Sport, who narrowly missed the top spot in our 5 Best All-Terrain Wheelchairs, are making some exceptionally cool and sexy wheelchairs [...]
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
So what do you do when you’re on holiday and dont have access to a hand-bike to fly down the hills and have some fun. Well if you have as much ingenuity (and old bikes at lying around, not to mention an angle grinder) as Flickr Group Member Rushbypics then you just cut an old [...]
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
For a lot of people, replacing thin tires and wheels with thick knobbly mountain bike wheels and adding larger castors to their everyday wheelchair is enough to see them hit the trails. But if you need to go further afield, want a second wheelchair dedicated for the rough stuff or just need something more robust that's designed to take abuse, there are plenty off-road and all-terrain wheelchair options on the market.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
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