we scouted out some easy-access travel opportunities that offer a change of scenery, the chance to meet other amputees, and fun activities that you can build your trip around.
Amplitude / bicycling
Tag: bicycling
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Amputee Newsmakers: May 12, 2021
A stolen prosthesis turns up in an unlikely place, a limb-different kid gets a limb-different puppy, two amputee bicycling clinics open their rolls for registration, and the rest of this week's headlines.
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Put Your Metal to the Pedal
Ampt Biking convenes amputee bicyclists of all abilities to share breathtaking mountain scenery and trail rides that range from gentle to gonzo.
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Limb Loss Awareness Yields to Mobility May & Military Appreciation
Army veteran Steve Martin will celebrate limb loss, mobility, and military service by becoming the first bilateral amputee to pedal coast to coast on an unmodified bicycle.
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The Adaptive Sports of Summer
From mountains to sea, intrepid amputees are getting active everywhere. Taking up an outdoor activity during summer can be a great way to experience improved overall health and wellness.
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How a Near-death Experience Led to a Push for Safer Streets
Less than a year after losing his right leg in a bicycle accident, Damian Kevitt established a non-profit organization called Streets Are for Everyone (SAFE) to create a movement against preventable collisions.
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Amputee Biking Hacks for 2020
We’ve been meaning to write about amputee cycling for a while now. It keeps popping up in the news—there was Bicycling Magazine‘s feature on Leo Rodgers last month, followed by a New York Times article about Paralympic swimmer-tured-cyclist Roderick Sewell, and then our own item about the CO > COVID marathon fundraising bike ride through...