Jamie On His Bike
Jamie Andrew, the Scottish mountaineer who lost his hands and feet
to frostbite in the Alps has realised another dream by riding a
bicycle again. He's already climbed Ben Nevis and Kili, now thanks to
a specially-adpated mountain bike, he can cycle for the first time
since the accident.
Never one to do things by halves, he's planning to take on a
55-mile ride next weekend as part of the Rob Roy Challenge.
Full story at scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com
Paralysed Climber In Kili Record
The BBC reports that an Army officer paralysed in a climbing
accident has become the first paraplegic to scale Kilimanjaro
unaided. Jimmy
Goddard suffered spinal injuries after a fall in Wales, which
killed his climbing partner.
As of Thursday last week, the team had reached 5,600 metres, just
295 metres short of the summit of Africa's highest mountain which he
reached on Friday.
More at news.bbc.co.uk
On The Gear Front...
Arc'Teryx
has won a 2006 Gear Of The Year award from American magazine Outside
for its AC2
Naos pack:
"Innovation usually comes in fits and starts: a zipper here, a
strap there. But Arc'teryx dispenses with the nickel-and-dime
approach with this revolutionary pack. Any other year its every
detail, from welded seams to dynamic suspension,
would have been noteworthy. In this case the sum is much, much
greater than the parts, setting a new standard for blending comfort,
durability, and waterproofness.
On a trip in the Grand Canyon, with ten testers and ten different
packs, every morning started with near mutiny over one simple
question: Who gets to carry the Naos today?"
More Outside stuff at www.outsidemag.com
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