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Man living with paralysis reaches South Pole
Posted by
JLoThursday, January 19, 2012
A snowmobiling accident didn't keep 33-year-old Grant Korgan, living with paralysis since 2010, from getting back in the snow and doing the unthinkable. Korgan traveled 75 miles in sub-zero temperatures to the South Pole!
"Although my body has been broken, my spirit never will be. I am unbreakable!" Korgan, 33, of Incline Village, said in a statement posted on the crew's Web site.
Korgan's expedition party included paralympian John Davis, two guides and cinematographers who are shooting for a documentary called "The Push: A South Pole Adventure." The film is expected to be released later this year.
The team trained for a year with various missions in Alaska, Norway, Lake Tahoe and South America. Korgan estimated he'd have to push the sit-ski approximately 250,000 times over the course of the trip.
"Grant just pulled off one of the most amazing athletic achievements in modern history and a first for adaptive athletes," said Steven Siig, director of the documentary film. (Picture compliments of AP)
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