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My friend, fellow climber, and artist Craig Muderlak did a fantastic job summing up our time on Washington Column. He really brings to life the whole experience.
Enock was born with a birth defect called Spina Bifida. He is paralyzed from the waist down and uses adaptive techniques to climb without the use of his legs. For the past few years, Enock has participated in the Paradox Sports adaptive climbing program, and with the help of Sean O’Neill, fellow sit-climber, and other Paradox Sports volunteers, guides, and participants; Enock has been training to climb El Cap. After a month in Yosemite, Enock returned home. He considered the trip a success, but it was not without significant setbacks. This project relied on the help of a lot of generous people who went out of their way to help Enock accomplish something very special. As with any audacious, worthy objective, adversity is natural – after all, these objectives precipitate from passionate people and from passion arises emotions with potential to engender tension. However, a mature team recognizes the value of estimable objectives and people and finds resolution. On this adventure, we did exactly that, and I speculate the adversity made Enock’s experience even sweeter.
Read more here:http://www.supertopo.com/tr/Community-of-Yosemite-Monkeys-Rally-for-a-paraplegics-dream-of-climbing-a-big-wall/t12858n.html
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