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smiley
Jun 14, 2003, 3:03 AM
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When I was a kid I used to save my reader's digests. The other day I just randomly grabbed one and thumbed through it--it was from the 80's. In it was the story of a climber who had lost both feet after getting caught in a storm. (Amputation from extreme frostbite.)You'd think that would be the end of his climbing, but this guy was the real thing. He, as a seventeen-year-old, actually designed his own climbing prostheses, complete with mobile ankles! And he was climbing on them!
Obviously, that's very impressive. So I wondered if he was still climbing these days. Lo and behold--he actually made a career designing cutting-edge prostheses, and yes, he's still climbing. His name is Hugh Herr.
After that, I guess anyone's dream can come true. :wink:
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onelung
Jun 14, 2003, 3:43 AM
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Thats awesome. I'll do a goggle search cause that is a story I want to read.
Aloha,
bill
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trad_man
Jun 14, 2003, 3:53 AM
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if im not mistaken the guy you are talking about is Hugh Herr. i did a biography about him not to long ago for school and he is still making ang tryin out his new legs and stuff. and he still climbs
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hosgh
Jun 14, 2003, 5:08 PM
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talk about inspiring, he is my new hero :lol: :lol:
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climbingpride
Jun 16, 2003, 12:23 AM
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He is also in Masters of Stones Five. That guy is pretty cool.
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