Lance Blair lost part of his leg when his motorcycle was hit by a truck. He was 18 and managed to make a rather amazing recovery, outfitted with a prosthetic leg. Today, he’s running “Disabled Explorers” and just completed creating the WAVE – “Wheelchair Accessible Van for Expeditions” – giving people in wheelchairs the opportunity to do some serious wilderness exploration… The group also does quite a bit of work with veterans who’ve lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan, taking them out to the desert for a few days to help them see what they can still do…
Take a read of this post on Gizmodo. Quite interesting. And, as for Lance, I can only say “awesome” – a word I seldom use, but seems entirely apropos here. Also, sounds like throwing a couple of bucks to Disabled Explorers would be money well-spent… I’m getting out my checkbook…
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