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From Regional Mobility “The first week of this new year Winter Park’s Martha Hill, a member of the US. Handicap Ski Team and one of the best female handicapped athletes in the county, was concerned about something she never had to care about before. Taking off her goggles on the chairlift and holding her face up Continue reading Skier Stars In TV Documentary From Regional Mobility Magazine, March, 1986 “In the past two months I wrote columns on gimps and supergimps, referring mainly to leg amputees since that’s the one ‘category’ of disability I, as an above the knee amputee, understand best…” Click here to continue reading From Alpenglow Magazine “In the late 70’s, the Winter Park Ski Area, which had alway depended on its Denver day-skier market, got its first big plug by the national ski magazines. Said one ski writer, ‘‘If Winter Park were a restaurant, it’d be called ‘Joe’s Eats,’” and when the article went on to describe friendly downhome Continue reading Winter Park’s Blueprint for the Future From Regional Mobility Magazine, December, 1985 “We all joke around about relative levels of disability. Above-the-knee amputees (ak’s) will joke around about below-the-knee amputees: “B-ks are almost human.” But let’s face it. Sometimes even a b-k feels like a real gimp. I once met a freestyle skier who had blown her knee out the previous season and Continue reading My Viewpoint: “Real Gimps” From, Regional Mobility Magazine, February, 1986 “Last month I made a distinction between the person with an athletic injury and the “real gimp’ This month’s column is a commentary on the rarest breed of gimp, the supergimp. In case you’re not familiar with the term, gimps are humans possessing an abnormal walking style, commonly described as a Continue reading CALEidoscope: “Super Gimps” From Powder Magazine “The difference between the two top speed skiers in the world is one of style. While Steve McKinney “falls” into the course, Franz Weber takes two powerful skating strides and lunges for the bottom. Weber explains how he uses his physical strength to advantage, while demonstrating that mental preparation is as much a Continue reading Weber Karma |
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