Strengths of Paraplegic Rock Climbers

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Kim Millikan and we're at the National Ability Center in Park City, Utah. I am the event showing and program manager which means I manage the challenge course, the team building activities and the climbing wall. This wall is great. This one has been the one where you can really see the strength. We always talk about different abilities because people who have what society calls a disability, actually tend to be stronger in some areas than I would or the next person climbing. This is great wall to see that because people who have paraplegia and use their arms to get around, climb this wall much easier than I do or the next person because they are so strong. This wall is particularly useful for someone who is active. Someone who uses a sports chair to get around.It does other things. We had a adaptive surf instructor in here climbing and she was brilliant to watch. Because she just, she was getting frustrated because she didn't extend the entire route immediately but she just filled right up the middle section and did the crucks of the problem much more quickly than I did."