Category: Adventure Sports
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Sailplaning 2
My friend John and I went sailplaning with the Fault Line Flyers in Briggs, Texas for a 2nd time. This time I flew in what is known as the Grob (pronounced grobe), pictured above. This is a high performance sailplane. It has perhaps a 30/1 glide ratio, which means for every 30 feet of forward…
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Sailplaning
Sailplaning, September 2007. My friend John and I went sailplaning with the Fault Line Flyers in Briggs, Texas. In the picture above, I’m sitting in the cockpit, Vince is behind me and Tom is holding up the end of the wing as we are being towed. Before we see the rest of the pictures, it’s…
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Sky Diving
I was the first wheelchair user that went skydiving in Belen. I jumped on two separate occasions from a 1943 World War II bomber trainer from an altitude of 15,000 feet with my instructor, Chris Salas. If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving probably isn’t for you.
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Cliff Climbing
Climbing a 13-A cliff in my wheelchair in New Mexico using a custom made harness.
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Sailing – Tenacious
A Wheelchair Accessible Square-rigger. This is the Tenacious, under full sail. This photo was taken by our Boson’s mate, Max. Captain John Fisher is showing me how to use the sextant for navigation. – Our skipper is very bright, patient, competent and an accomplished sailor.