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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:37:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: West Coast Pizo's!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,140,144#msg-144</link>
      <author>DJ Skelton</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Ronnie

Great to meet you..online for now.  Same goes if you are ever in the Central Cali Coast.  If you come, I'll take you kayaking, climbing, surfinf, you name it.  

Still playing GI Joe so balancing the two lifestyles is always a trip. 

let's keep in touch.  I'm glad you made it out to TEVA.  I heard it was great.  I'll read your post now!

DJ]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: West Coast Pizo's!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
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      <author>Ronnie</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey DJ, havn't gotten a chance to meet you yet, i met Malcolm out at the New River Rendesvouz and then got a chance to hang with him and the whole crew again at the Teva Mountain Games, I did a post on the extremity games right under craig's...that pretty much sums up my story there a little, I live out in Florida, if you are ever this way we should definatly catch up, hoping to meet you at some of the Paradox events this year, i'm hoping to make some trips back out to Colorado etc. Just wanted to introduce myself.
Ronnie]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:14:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Inline Extremity Games Report 08</title>
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      <author>DJ Skelton</author>
      <description><![CDATA[YEAH YAH!!!

Awesome effort and results.  

I'm surprised noone got arrested, with you characters all together in one place!!

Anyhow, I also wish i could have been there, and am very proud of all of you.

Can't wait to cross paths soon.  Maybe OR???

DJ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:10:25 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: AK climbers</title>
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      <author>DJ Skelton</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Randall

Where are you from?

DJ]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:59:28 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] West Coast Pizo's!!!!!!!!!!!</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,140,140#msg-140</link>
      <author>DJ Skelton</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Yo...what up!  

How is the campfire these days?  

I just wanted to surface and introduce myself.  

Some call me DJ...I won't repeat what most call me!!  I currently live in Monterey, CA and will be here for a couple years.  

I love rock climbing, surfing, biking, and running.  Not to mention just motivating any and all to get off their butt and enjoy the outdoors while pushing limits on all accounts.  

If you are in my neck of the woods, please contact me and let's play.  

I am anxious and excited to catch up on all the ol' postings and contribute to all the one's that haven't been written.  

Don't hold back, I hear these Paradox Kids play rough!!

Catch ya on the flip...

DJ Skelton
President
Paradox Sports]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Inline Extremity Games Report 08</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,137,139#msg-139</link>
      <author>Ronnie</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The Extremity Games has been an event that has changed my life. As a recent amputee back in the fall of 2006 I wasn’t quite sure where my life was headed, I was an English major at school, and along with losing my leg I had lost my passion for playing soccer also. I grew up playing soccer, I lived and breathed it, and after I lost my leg my passion for playing soccer was removed with it. I still loved the game but I decided to leave that part of my life behind me. I continued on with my sophomore year at college having a great time, but still feeling like something was missing, my competitive drive and sense of athleticism. 

I was at my prosthetist’s office waiting for an appointment sometime around Christmas and I just happened to flip through that month’s issue of IN MOTION. Inside I found an advertisement for the extremity games. It seemed like a really cool event to participate in. I looked through the list of events and immediately rock climbing caught my eye. The idea had never even crossed my mind before, I was raised my whole life in Florida, not exactly a climbing Mecca. I decided to look up where the nearest climbing was and it turns out that there was a gym right here in Tampa. Still intrigued, I went climbing for the first time in January 2007. Immediately I was drawn to the sense of community, I had no idea where to even start in there and some locals took me under their wing and showed me the ropes. I felt like I had made new friends before I even knew their names. My first day of climbing was hard, but I left with a satisfied feeling that made me want more. I started climbing once a week, then twice, then three times, and I realized that I was hooked. That gaping void in my life that had opened at the end of my soccer career was starting to fill. I still had no idea what kind of adventure I was getting myself into.

 I continued to train hard and the extremity games were right around the corner. I was due to spend six weeks in Italy and I was afraid that all my hard work was going to go to waste. Little did I know that climbing is a worldwide bond. I found a gym in Florence, Italy and even though we did not even share a common language, I managed to train hard and on my final weekend in Italy go on my first outdoor climbing trip; it was an amazing experience that surpassed the borders of language. 

My first extremity games went off great. I took second place in the bouldering competition behind Craig Demartino. I met incredible people who have now turned into lifelong friends. I realized that what I wanted to do with my life was help out the amputee community, help them find the same sense of satisfaction that I had found from my experience as an amputee. At the end of the day my climbing journey wasn’t  about winning, it was about appreciating all the things that I still had in life, all the great people I’ve met and challenging myself each and every day to break my own boundaries. My amputation was a blessing in disguise.
 
EX3 was great once again this year. It was great to see everyone I had met from the last year and to meet even more people. I was excited to see that they removed the recreational division of climbing (a gay 24 foot speed competition) and held it at Planet Rock in a Top Rope division and a Bouldering Division.  There were triple the amount of competitors from last year which was great to see and once again climbing hard didn’t matter, everyone seemed to just enjoy the vibe and the people. For all of us that competed last year it was great to get a chance to hang again and share our experiences as amputees and as climbers with each other. The Extremity Games continue to allow people to redefine their own limits and show that nothing is impossible. The games were the catalyst that changed my life completely and I will continue to go every year that it is put on. 
Ronnie Dickson

P.S – Thanks to Paradox Sports, TRS Prosthetics, and Evolv. Feet and hands are a climber’s most important links to the rock, your work on the prosthetic climbing foot has brought a smile to lots of disabled climbers. Now instead of worrying about foot placement climbers can just enjoy the rhythm and flow of the climb.
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Brian Doyne, Craig Demartino, Jerrod Minnich, Myself
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Ronnie Bouldering
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:56:39 -0400</pubDate>
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      <author>maldaly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Congrats to all involved. I wish I could have been there but, alas, it wasn't to be.  Can't wait to hear Ronnie Dickson's report from the Bouldering contest. He won! Right on Team Paradox.
Mal]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:44:14 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Inline Extremity Games Report 08</title>
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      <author>demartinophoto</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Extremity Games Report 08

The place looks like a bomb went off. Legs and arms are strewn all over the floor.
Sounds grim, but in all actuality, its really cool. Im standing in the middle of the 2008 Extremity Games climbing comp, and things are looking good.
The field of competitors is a bit deeper then last year with about 30 people in the comp.
Both myself and Chad Jukes are climbing in the top rope division. Chad and I joke about the crowd as well as anything else moving and then the work begins. At 2 o’clock prompt, the comp begins with 15 set routes. The routes range in difficulty from 5.7 to 12 c. After warming up on a few of the easier routes, I decide to move into the harder, higher point routes. The finals will be determined by our three highest sends, and with only two hours of climbing, I think its better to rest and try the harder routes then do lots of little ones. Im climbing mostly with Brian Doyne, an Iraq vet who lost his hand, and eye in a bomb mishap. Brian is funny and takes the comp with a grain of salt. Like I tell him half way through, this should be fun, not stressful.
Chad climbs a lot of routes quickly, then slows down to see where he’ll end up. By the end of the time, he has amassed a good tick list, and feels pretty good about the finals. Even though he fell on a few routes, he does do well and finish some of the higher point value climbs.
I work my through the list going every other climb. Then focus on the last three to get my points up. The climbs are set to my strengths, which is good. No footwork and thuggy moves are where I seem to do best, and the routes all deliver these moves. I end up sending the high point routes and with a half hour left, lay down to rest and see what happens.
Chad and I chat a little between, he too liked the climbs, and with our new feet from Evolv, the footwork went better then either he or I thought.
The finals are announced and we both make it in. Chad has the 4th highest points, and I end up first going into the finals. We’re both psyched and ready to go once we into the is area.
The finals routes had been draped in blue tarps by the Planet Rock staff, and as we waited , they lowered the tarps and let the crowd of a few hundred have they’re first look. All three finals routes went up the steepest and longest part of the gym. Steep and technical seemed to be the word so the fun was on.
Chad was first to go out and sample the routes. I had no idea how he was doing, only that I had 40 minutes till I could see what was going on. Finally I was lead out to the wall. Chad had been through two of the routes already and he looked tired. As he tied into the last route, he smiled and waited. I tied into my first and headed up the first route of the finals. The moves were great and after 60 feet of climbing I touched the finish hold and was super psyched as the crowd reacted and I lowered past the route.
Chad started up, and with my back to the route because they won’t let you watch, I could hear him working. Then there he was, swinging out over the crowd and staff. I had no idea how high he went, but knew he was done.
“Win it” was all he said when he went past me.
My last two rotes were stellar, great moves up overhanging roofs and arêtes to hard final moves on crimpers. The coolest move being half way up the last route, a half-length dyno to a bucket on a roof that resulted in a flying foot and swinging arm-hanging landing. The crowd loved it, but I didn’t even realize they yelled. Brian told me that after, all I could see were the chains about 40 feet away.
As I lowered off, I was amazed at what a cool and fun day we all had. Paradox had two climbers I the final, and we were hoping that we did well.
At the awards dinner, we waited as they made they’re way through all the events. The climbers coming just about last, I guess we’re the loudest. We braced as he read the results, and when it was all said and dine, Chad got the bonze medal, and I took home the gold. We both got these huge checks that you can’t do anything with as well as cash and swag.
But the real fun was just being there in that atmosphere of people trying to do what they love and not even knowing they’re disabled.
That day we were all just climbers doing routes, having fun.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:01:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: AK climbers</title>
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      <author>Ronnie</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey Randall, I know this is an old post so i'm not sure if you'll get a chance to check this out or not. I have an XT-9 and I also use one of the Evolv Climbing foot that malcolm is using in his picture. I really enjoy using my XT-9 for sport climbing. As Malcolm said it doesnt bend, but having a leg that is the same length as my right side helps out a lot. I've found that when i'm sport climbing i'll use the XT-9 as a place holder on the left side, and i'll usually be looking for feet to stand up with on my right side. The XT-9 heel hooks well so if something is too far out to use as a toe i'll heel it. I primarily boulder and due to the gymnastic style of the moves I don't like to use it for bouldering. I find that i can boulder better without it. I would never go sport climbing without a leg. EVER. Even if there is not a good left foot just having it as a smear or a counterbalance to help me from swinging out from the rock helps tremendously. That is my experience]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:48:43 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: extremity games 08</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,90,134#msg-134</link>
      <author>Ronnie</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Ill be there ready to roll, i havn't met you jukes but i've met malcolm, pete, craig, and a whole bunch of others out of the paradox crew. Pete are you going? I've been trying to call and get a hold of you on your cell.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:29:32 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Rock climbing foot?</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,132,133#msg-133</link>
      <author>maldaly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[trixie108

Check out the thread in this forum called Rock Climbing Foot. It's a design that I came up with after hacking out dozens of different styles and we're having it made by TRS in Boulder. The shoe is made by Evolv. It's a performance foot designed to work well in all kinds of conditions. Email me if you have any questions at mdaly@paradoxsports.org.
Malcolm]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:50:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <author>trixie108</author>
      <description><![CDATA[My fiancee is a single BK and has just gotten into indoor rock climbing.  He is dying to get a foot/leg specifically for rock climbing, but we can't seem to find one anywhere.  There is a picture of a guy in the gallery in Indian Creek, Utah and it looks like he has on a modified foot?  If anyone could give me some information, we would really appreciate it!!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:51:58 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: extremity games 08</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,90,131#msg-131</link>
      <author>Juksey</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Im gonna be there! Who else should I expect to see?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:32:27 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Busted Vari-Flex</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,126,130#msg-130</link>
      <author>steve@boulder</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Thanks for the image tip.
Yeah, the vari-flex is a great foot. I never realized how heavy and low energy the Re-flex was until I switched back to it. Yuck!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:04:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Team Paradox to help wipe out ovarian cancer.</title>
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      <author>maldaly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Team Paradox will be out in force this weekend (June 14) for the HERA Climb4Life event in Boulder Colorado. Celebrating the first anniversary of Team Paradox climbing together, 10-12 gimps and normals will gather at the base of the Bastille in Eldorado Canyon, south of Boulder to climb and learn adaptive climbing techniques and see the latest in adaptive climbing gear. We'll have samples of the new Z-Axis prosthetic climbing shoe and foot developed by Paradox Sports in conjunction with Evolve and TRS. We'll also have a couple of Wellman climbing rigs for wheelies and a prototype of the new Misty Mountain Threadworks adaptive harness to check out.

If you want more information about the event or want to climb with us please sign up at: http://herafoundation.org/Boulder/index.cfm. It is a fundraiser for HERA whose goal is raise awareness and to fund R&amp;D for ovarian cancer so there is a registration fee. If you can't come out please consider donating to the cause in the name of Paradox Sports.

Thank you,
Mal]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:28:47 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Busted Vari-Flex</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,126,128#msg-128</link>
      <author>maldaly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Great pic. Mine de-lamed after three years just like your's but it didn't go with a bang. It just got soft and when I finally looked at it it matched yours. Love that foot...it's light and durable and simple. Easy to clean.

To load an image use the following code:

[IMG]insert image url here starting with http://[/IMG] 

Many of the online image sites have that code ready to go for pasting into forum boards like this one.

Mal]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:04:44 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: TEVA MOUNTAIN GAMES- photos</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,121,127#msg-127</link>
      <author>steve@boulder</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Congrats on the games! Great pics! Thanks.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:42:53 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Busted Vari-Flex</title>
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      <author>steve@boulder</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I've had this foot for some time so it's no suprise it broke. Sounded like a friggin gunshot! What was lucky is that it happened next to the truck AND that I had my old one as a backup (Reflex VSP) in the truck. I always carry my backup on a multiday trip. (We were in Dinosaur Nat Monument). 

Anyway here's the pic .. Where's the attach image button? (Moderator--I fixed to to show the picture. Mal)
Anyway here's the link - check out the delamination!!:
[IMG]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2554563459_3dde98deba.jpg?v=1213114203[/IMG]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:41:16 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Old climber but new to the community</title>
      <link>http://www.paradoxsports.org/forums/read.php?11,108,125#msg-125</link>
      <author>jmfarris</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hey Wolf I thought I would say hi. First it's very rad your climbing!!! I myself havea right arm that is about a hands length shorther than my left and also don't have a right radius or thumb. I have not run into any huge hurdles with climbing that I have not been able to work through. I just have to try harder than the typical able bodied person. So I know where your coming from as far as having a shorter arm. I find myself matching on holds before moving directly to the next or locking my right arm off more than my left. Let me know if i can offer any advice.

Jacquelyn]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:36:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: rock climbing minus a radius and thumb</title>
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      <author>jmfarris</author>
      <description><![CDATA[[attachment 19 IMG_0864.JPG]
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I do climb in the Wichitas, Quartz Mountain, and also Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas. I climb several times a week at the local gym Rocktown, and most weekends outdoors. To me climbing is everything. I oddly feel like a climbing ambassador of sorts. People say oh climbing is so dangerous and hard. Then I toss out that I climb and that if you love something enough it's worth the extra effort for. 

My right arm is shorter than my left by about a hands length, and I don't have full arm flexion, and zero flexion in my right wrist. I do have finger movement and pretty good strength and grip. This does not keep me from climbing hard with the guys though, and I don't let them cut me any slack!!!

I won't be able to make it this weekend, but will be in Boulder sometime during the first two weeks of August for some climbing. I would love to meet with you guys and meet fellow adaptive climbers. It would be so amazing to meet someone else who climbs like me!!! I would love to be a voice for disabled climbing please let me know if there is any grassroots efforts I can do. Feel free to check out my articles linked below I actually am an outdoors writer. 

Jacquelyn Farris 
http://blog.newsok.com/girlvswild]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:10:23 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: rock climbing minus a radius and thumb</title>
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      <author>maldaly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Jacquelyn,
Welcome to the forum! It's good to have you here. Do you climb in the gym there or do you get out on the rocks. Is it the Wichita Rocks that are close to OK City? What are you doing this weekend. Can you come to Boulder. We're have one of our annual gathering of gimps for the HERA Climb4Life event. It starts Friday night ans runs through Saturday with optional stuff on Sunday. Check it out at: http://www.herafoundation.org/Boulder/index.cfm. If you can make it sign up there and when when you have to chance to select a team, choose Paradox Sports.

There's a place to stay here as long as you don't mind sharing floor space with some other gimps. It's guaranteed to be a blast. We're running an adaptive climbing clinic at the base of the Bastille in Eldorado.

We currently have three other people with hand issues who climb with us. DJ Skelton, one of our founders was wounded in Iraq and has a hand that can't extend, only flex.   He can't open his hand to grab a hold but if he does manage to latch onto one he's really strong. Pete Davis was born without a hand and used his stump to grab things. He can lead 5.12 sport on a good day. Check out the picture below.
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And this is Aron Ralston, known best for his field surgery improv' when his hand got stuck between a rock and a hard place in a Utah slot canyon. He's on our board and, while climbing isn't his primary sport, he has managed o climb some pretty rad stuff.
[IMG]http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k50/maldaly/AronOnArete1.jpg[/IMG]

Well, I know it's short notice but we'd all love to meet you and climb with you out here.

Cheers,
Malcolm Daly, Executive Director]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] rock climbing minus a radius and thumb</title>
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      <author>jmfarris</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Hi my name is Jacquelyn and I a rock climber in Oklahoma City who is relatively new to the sport. I also climb hard!! I was born minus a right radius and thumb and I feel that this just pushes me harder to prove myself as an athlete and a rock climber. I love rock climbing. It brings me so much joy. Especially when I get through a super hard crux and it leaves people excited and surprised. I would love to hear from other climbers!!!!! Everyone give me a shout if you want to chat climbing.]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Photos: TEVA MOUNTAIN GAMES</title>
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      <author>dmurch</author>
      <description><![CDATA[check out some pics from TEVA mtn games: http://devakiananda.smugmug.com/gallery/5143363_Ccou2#P-1-16]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Teva TR with Photos: Team Paradox Sports CRUSHES it.</title>
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      <author>maldaly</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Over the weekend of June 6-8th a strong showing of Paradox Sports team members turned out to attend, participate and compete in the Teva Mountain Games. Represented by Vijay Viswanathan, Pete Davis, Craig DeMartino, Ronnie Dickson, Aron Ralston, Malcolm Daly, Timmy O’Neill and Devaki Murch, the team spent the three days climbing, riding, paddling, hiking and partying with the mountain community in Vail.

The highlight of the event was Team Paradox entering an all-gimp team in the Ultimate Mountain Challenge, a test of skill, stamina and endurance for the members. The team was comprised of Aron Ralston paddling the kayak sprint, Craig DeMartino riding the X-C Bike Challenge, Pete Davis running the 10K trail run and Malcolm Daly riding the road bike hill climb. As of the day before the race, Aron had never been in a kayak, Craig had never ridden in a mountain bike race, Pete had never run 10K an Malcolm hadn’t ridden a hill like that (Vail Pass) for 15 years. Team Paradox Sports placed 7th out of 13 teams despite Malcolm turning in the second slowest time on the hill climb (1:06:18, not bad for a middle-aged, out-of-shape, post-cardiac, multiple-amputee), Aron paddling in ahead of just 2 other racers with a time of 29:48 (He came out of his boat.), Pete getting a DNS because he spent the night sleeping in the front of Vijay’s truck wrapped around the adaptive driving rig and wasn’t feeling too much like running at the 8:30 am start time. Craig DeMartino finished second out of all of the Ultimate Mountain Challenge riders, turning in a blistering time of 1:47:00 despite the cramps and blisters that plagued his stump.

Ronnie Dickson, fresh from Tampa Florida, and Craig DeMartino from Loveland, CO killed it in the Citizen’s Bouldering Competition with Craig finishing 3rd in the wrong age group. Had he been scored in the correct group he would have placed second.

Timmy O’Neill, one of the founders of Paradox Sports, had a starring role as the emcee for the climbing events and his band played at the Access Fund’s party at Vendetta’s on Saturday. At one point, Timmy was drumming so hard the building broke and part of the ceiling fell on his drum set. Bummer, dude!

Sooooooo, next year, we’re going to practice more, train harder, find Pete a better front seat and party more. 

I’d love to hear personal stories from others who were up there…

Timmy struttin'
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Aron Ralston on his first kayak attempt. Looking good so far...
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Still looking good...
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Duh-oh! At least his head is above water and it looks like he's still breathing.
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Now that he's out of the water it's time to chase the boat.
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Got it. Is that blood on your shin?
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At the finish. You can buy the shirt from the Paradox Shop.
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Craig DeMartino at lap one of his race.
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Right after Craig finished these guys were going off behind me.
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Now that's crazy!

Vijay wheelin'
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Whipper the dog sporting a World Cup sticker and shades.
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Don't have a picture of Ronnie climbing. This will have to do.
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One-arm Pete Davis chillin'
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Here's me not looking too bad at the top of the hill climb. Being congratulated by Larry Grossman, the race director.
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: HERA</title>
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      <author>kayakervj</author>
      <description><![CDATA[rock on Juksey, can't make it to the event, but call me when you get to town...

vijay]]></description>
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      <author>Juksey</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I am all set for the Hera Climb 4 life!
I will be flying in to Denver on Friday, and will leave Monday. Im lookin forward to getting back on some real rock, since I have been stuck in Texas for so long.
In other news... Im on terminal leave from the Army now... And my retirement day is July 27th!]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Teva Mountain Games</title>
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      <author>steve@boulder</author>
      <description><![CDATA[What's the story on the Teva mtn games? Someone participating?]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Vermont Rock</title>
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      <author>BTM</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Eric, I work at place that has a outdoor climbing tower that is chair friendly. Sean has been there a few times. We are building a ropes course that you could use as well.]]></description>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Wounded Warrios Project in NH this Summer</title>
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      <author>MonoskierX</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The organization I work for, AbilityPLUS, is hosting a Wounded Warriors Project event this summer in the Ashland NH area.  We will definately have some cycling, paddling and waterskiing going on and I would like to be able to also offer some climbing.  We have a little bit of knowledge about climbing for para's and and have some able-bodied climbing friends who should be available to help us out. If anyone else out there is interested in joining us in August let me know.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:00:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>[Paradox Talk] Re: Vermont Rock</title>
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      <author>MonoskierX</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I&quot;m going to be in VT in late June to see some friends and try to handcycle up to Appalachain Gap.  If any of those local crags are wheelchair 'friendly' I might be able to bring Sean O'neill along too.


Erik]]></description>
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