On Saturday 16th August 2008, Darol Kubacz achieved his dream of becoming the first paraplegic to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro purely under his own power. Reaching 18,400ft, Darol completed the grueling climb in 10 days and sat higher than any other paraplegic has climbed without help.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The British Columbia Mobility Opportunities Society (BCMOS) is a non-profit organisation that aims to allow people with significant physical disabilities the chance to take part in hiking and over night camping. Based in Vancouver BC, Canada BCMOS makes use of the TrailRider all terrain wheelchair, which allows people with severe disabilities and paralysis to get into the wilderness.
Monday, May 19, 2008
If you live in the UK and all this talk of conquering Kilimajaro on the excellent One-Off Titanium all terrain handcycle has got you eager to try one out yourself then have no fear. Finally there's an opportunity to rent one for the weekend
Thursday, May 8, 2008
For those in the USA just enter your postal code or destination name (we suggest the postal code method, most times we got no results from a destination name even though a postal code search of the same area turned up the goods) and be rewarded with a list of nearby outdoor resources.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
It seems that Chris has some competition in his quest to become the first paraplegic to successfully summit Kili. This June a group from Idaho State University, including two guys in wheelchairs, will be heading off to Africa and setting their sites on the summit of Kili.
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:
Monday, March 24, 2008
If you want to live on the more adventurous or exciting side of life then being in a wheelchair is no obstacle at all. OK, so changing light-bulbs is little tricky from a wheelchair, but household chores are over-rated and that's why the head-torch was invented anyway.
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Freewheel wheelchair attachment is so simple and awesome at the same time that when we first saw it the first thing we thought was "why didn't we think of that". It's the kind of simple device that could only be designed and made by someone who is a wheelchair user themselves and is sick of big wheelchair companies not providing the kind of products that are needed.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
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