Sunday, 4 September 2011

Wounded Vets Try Paragliding From Wheelchairs - NYTimes.com

Wounded Vets Try Paragliding From Wheelchairs - NYTimes.com: "KETCHUM, Idaho — Searching for ways to keep his adrenaline pumping after a motorcycle accident forced him out of the military and into a wheelchair, Darol Kubacz recast himself as something of a pioneer of extreme sports.
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First he took up downhill skiing, racing and jumping with such abandon that he broke his spine a second time. After a painful rehab he started mountain biking and scuba diving, and even hauled his barrel-chested frame up Mount Kilimanjaro."

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