[net-gold] SPORTS MEDICINE : DISABILITIES : SPORTS: ATHLETES : MEDICAL: INJURIES: Accustomed to Wheels, Thrill-Seeking Injured Veterans Take Wing
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- Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:59:54 -0400 (EDT)
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SPORTS MEDICINE :
DISABILITIES :
SPORTS: ATHLETES :
MEDICAL: INJURIES:
Accustomed to Wheels, Thrill-Seeking Injured Veterans Take Wing
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Accustomed to Wheels, Thrill-Seeking Injured Veterans Take Wing
By A. G. SULZBERGER
Published: September 3, 2011
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/us/04paraglide.html
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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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Last month, that risks-be-damned pursuit of adventure drew Mr. Kubacz from
his home in Arizona to a rocky mountaintop here to do something a pair of
working legs never would have allowed anyway take flight.
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Like the Marines say, he said, adapt and overcome.
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And with the crunch of sagebrush under a new, modified wheelchair, Mr.
Kubacz, 37, and his instructor rolled down the slope and then soared into
the expanse, his paraglider canopy lofting in the breeze.
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For generations, returning soldiers with serious disabilities, whether
sustained in combat or in risky off-duty pursuits like motorcycling, found
limited and relatively tame options for athletic recreation. But the
latest generation of disabled veterans are increasingly returning to the
thrill-seeking activities they enjoyed before their injuries.
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As they expand the range of so-called adaptive sports to surfing, rock
climbing and white-water rafting, with the help of new technology and
public and private financing, these veterans have worked to prove that a
wheelchair does not necessarily require its occupant to stick to level
ground.
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They are doing things we never thought possible 10 years ago, said Kirk
Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sports USA. Back when Mr. Bauer lost
a leg in Vietnam, the organization had one chapter teaching one sport
(skiing); today it has more than 100 chapters and offers 30 sports.
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