RE: Mike's Hike
- From: "Jeffrey Schwartz" <sidney.schwartz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:29:49 -0500
Hi Mike,
Good for you! One blind man, a recovering alcoholic, wrote a book about
having done it. I think that he did it with a guide dog. I found his book
a little hard to believe. There are spots where one must climb a ladder.
Hard to picture getting a dog to do this. I was told that he generally
hooked up with small groups, but he didn't mention this in his book. The
young woman who raised my last guide dog took a year off after high school
and made the hike. She got permission from the guide dog school to take
another dog, almost ready to go back to the school for his formal education.
The dog carried packs with his food etc. He got bogged down in some snow
and her father flew down and took the dog back. She completed the trip.
What are you using for gps?
Best wishes,
Jeff
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Michael O. Hanson
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 7:56 AM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Mike's Hike
Dear Fellow JAWS Users:
My name is Mike Hanson. I happen to be blind.
I plan to hike the 2,174-mile Appalachian Trail using GPS starting in March,
2009 to demonstrate the independence of persons with visual impairments, the
use of adaptive and assistive technology to achieve our independence, and
the value of GPS to the blind community. Adaptive technology will be a
major component of my hike.
Award-winning videographer Gary L. Steffens will make a documentary of
Mike's Hike. Please visit http://www.blindhiker.com
<http://www.blindhiker.com/> for more information on my plans.
The only obstacle on my path is funding. Help me prove prevailing myths
about the dependence of persons with disabilities wrong and open doors for
persons with visual impairments. Make me take a hike!
Mike Hanson
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