From dune@slip-1.slip.net Wed Feb 15 17:19:20 EDT 1995 Article: 29093 of rec.climbing Xref: dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU rec.climbing:29093 Path: dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!news.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.bluesky.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!insosf1.infonet.net!newshost.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!barrnet.net!slip.net!dune From: dune@slip-1.slip.net (Dave Durkee) Newsgroups: rec.climbing Subject: Re: climbing and disabilities Date: 11 Feb 1995 06:33:57 GMT Organization: Slip.Net Lines: 21 Message-ID: <3hhlol$fhh@slip-1.slip.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: slip-1.slip.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] nswward@ice.lakeheadu.ca wrote: : So, I'm relatively new to the sport, don't know too much, and lack partners to : go climbing with. (If you're in the Thunder Bay area, send me an e-note.) One : thing that I am interested in is how climbers with "disabilities" cope. Has : anyone seen or heard of anything of interest on the matter? And is there any : special equipment necessary for ventures on rock? I know of only 2 climber who are "disabiled". One guy had a boulder land on his legs and lost 'em from below the knees. He climbs will a couple of sticks (I guess prosthetics) with climbing shoes on them. He is a great climber, better than I. The other guy is paralized and accends ( with accenders) by doing pull-ups. I think he did half dome. I've seen him riding on his partner's back (when the aprotch gets too rough for the wheel-chair). dune Simple Kinda Man