The Pacific Crest Trail is a daunting challenge, but the degree of difficulty goes way up when you’re hiking it on a prosthetic leg, as amputee hiker Sam Maddaus is doing.
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First Person: Rising Up From the Valley
From above, the valley looked like a blissful oasis. But up close it felt turbulent and uncomfortable. AK amputee Angie Heuser examines the tricks our perceptions can play—and how we can rise above them.
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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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First Person: Leaving the Pandemic Behind
The pandemic kept amputee hiker Bjoern Eser off the trail for most of 2020—the exact opposite of what he'd planned. Here's how Eser rewrote his script for 2021 and put himself back on the path to fulfillment.
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Team Amplitude Takes the Bronze
A huge thank you to everyone who supported Team Amplitude in the Range of Motion Project’s “We Still Climb” fundraiser last month. We finished in 3rd place among 60 entrants from around the globe, which ain’t too shabby. Together we helped ROMP get 90 percent of the way to their $30,000 fundraising goal. Special shout-outs...
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First Person: Amputee Hiking, One Step at a Time
It took our friend and frequent contributor Angie Heuser slightly more than a year post-amputation to get back out on the hiking trail. As you’ve undoubtedly noticed, Angie has hardly been idle—she learned how to surf less than a year after her surgery, ran a 10K race right around the time of her first ampuversary,...
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Amputee Hiking Hacks for 2020
Hiking season snuck up on us this year, but it has finally arrived. So we assembled a little refresher about the dos/don’ts and ins/outs of walking on the wild side on your prosthetic leg(s).
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Feeling Lonely?
Don’t Let Amputation Lead to Isolation