o'ree, a quadriplegic, is "hiking" the georgia AT over the next week with the help of his friends. they started saturday and spent the nite at springer, sunday they made it to hawk mountain shelter. i believe the schedule calls for completion on sept 7. they had a succcessful "go fund me" campaign and raised 15K to buy a specialized wheelchair designed for backcountry travel and other items needed for the trip. one person pulls the wheelchair while another pushs from behind. i've read a few articles; this is a good guy who had some incredibly bad luck and i hope he is able to complete this journey and accomplish this dream.
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article:
ledger-enquirer.com/living/article73983567.html
facebook video from saturday:
facebook.com/ORee480/videos/363320477388808/
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article:
ledger-enquirer.com/living/article73983567.html
facebook video from saturday:
facebook.com/ORee480/videos/363320477388808/
2,000 miler
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