2003-04-06
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Alternative Title:
Trekkers Shatter All Doubts, Reach Mt. Everest Base Camp
Description:
This is a two-page press release that dates April 6, 2003, and is in regards to a group of people with disabilities who teamed up to climb Mount Everest. The team members were:
- Gary Guller- 36, Expedition Leader with an arm amputation
- Mark Ezzell- 39, Spina bifida
- Sandra Murgia- 43, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, arthritis, leg paralysis
- Barry Muth- 44, Community Integration Specialist with quadriplegia
- Dinesh Ranasinghe- 25, leg amputation
- Matt Standridge- 24, paraplegia
- Christine White- 50, severe childhood hearing loss
- Riley Woods- 28, quadriplegia
- Gene Rodgers- 47, quadriplegia
- Rob Rodgers- 40, clinical depression and anxiety
- Kim Smith- 38, hip dysplasia, fibromyalgia, and bipolar disorder
- Tenzing Sherpa- 40, leg amputation
- Lakpa Dorchi Sherpa- 70, arm amputation
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Creator:
Coalition of Texans with Disabilities (Author)
Document Type:
Statement
Language:
English (United States)
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Identifier:
20080311
Publisher:
University of Texas at Arlington
2019-08-14
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