Rock climber Clint adapts to his circumstances and is always reaching for new heights. After all, "It's only a hand."
Read more about Clint in Issue 3 of the Prosthetic Laboratories Newsletter available at http://www.plor.net/ newsletter.php.
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Juanita had both legs amputated below the knee. She knew that she "did not want to be in a wheelchair the rest of my life." So Juanita decided to get two prosthetic legs from Prosthetic Laboratories (www.plor.net). Now she can enjoy living upstairs and going out with her "Out to Lunch Bunch." For more stories, visit plorblog.net.
Last April Luke and Bryn traveled from Wisconsin to sunny southern California for the US Paralympic Development Camp. They spent several days at the official Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista where they worked alongside other amputee athletes to improve their competitive technique. www.plorblog.net
Clint is an experienced climber who makes tackling this indoor wall with a prosthetic arm look easy. He also climbs outdoors, fashioning his own prosthetic attachment out of an ice ax to climb on rock and ice. Read more about Clint in issue 3 of the Online Newsletter at www.plor.net.
Watch as Mindy shares her experience of climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro as an amputee. Learn about the challenges of her climb in this rugged and beautiful landscape.
These five Iowa middle school girls won a trip to the National History Day competition in Washington DC with their presentation and skit on the history of prosthetics.
Middle School students from Ossian, Iowa, compete at the National History Day Competition with the skit, "Prosthetic Limbs: Impacting People's Mobility." www.plorblog.net