EPTHere's Nick Vujicic, a guy with no arms, no legs, but with a better life and more money than most of us here:
Quadruple amputee climbs Mt Kilimanjaro - Page 2
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niteReloaded
Croatia5281 Posts
Here's Nick Vujicic, a guy with no arms, no legs, but with a better life and more money than most of us here: | ||
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Heff87
United States106 Posts
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On March 06 2012 03:12 Zdrastochye wrote: For those of you without time to watch the video, at the end it states that he wants to do an Ironman Triathlon do you think that really is too much for him to handle? I mean, climbing Mt Kilimanjaro I was skeptical of, but swimming over two miles, biking over 100, then running a marathon? He can do it. I'm not sure how fatigue factors in for him though, is it more fatiguing for him to swim two miles because he has to use more strokes, or less fatiguing because he's using less of his body to do it? I'm not a fitness expert, but from a cardio standpoint, I think he'd have an advantage. | ||
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ddrddrddrddr
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CaptainCrush
United States785 Posts
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BloodNinja
United States2791 Posts
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Dizmaul
United States831 Posts
think it was more along those lines, great quote | ||
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
Mad props to this dude. Just so inspirational | ||
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Terrix
Germany305 Posts
I made this mistake too xD... Did anybody else even realize there are TWO quadruple amputee's showing us all up? Damn... | ||
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Antimatterz
United States1010 Posts
On March 19 2012 14:23 Terrix wrote: Not to be rude, and this is kind of a bump. But one of the people you linked in the OP is NOT Kyle Maynard. The wrestler (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=68880) is named Dustin Carter. I made this mistake too xD... Did anybody else even realize there are TWO quadruple amputee's showing us all up? Damn... ESPN says that the guy in the OP is a champion wrestler. This guy is freaking ridiculous. I cannot imagine how mentally strong you would have to be in order to accomplish this stuff. | ||
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cmen15
United States1519 Posts
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MeteorRise
Canada611 Posts
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
On March 05 2012 19:28 orangesunglasses wrote: + Show Spoiler + On March 05 2012 18:16 SwizzY wrote: funny anecdote about him: My friend actually wrestled him and was shown in one of the famous "highlights" regarding his amazing skill as a wrestler. According to the friend, he lost because it was near impossible to perform any of the takedowns in wrestling on him because just that - he had no limbs. So in a sense he was given a hidden advantage?... I guess I'm a bad person for feeling compelled to take a little bit away from the backstory... Ahem. His strength of will is amazing. If I had even half of it I feel like I'd be a much better (and skinnier) person.  I mean,  how does he pin you tho? im actually really interested to know how he scores points other then i think escaping things gets points heres another question, if he HAD limbs would he be as motivated. Honestly, probably not. Extreme adversity tends to produce extremely motivated people. And his life has been influenced tremendously by his condition, so he would be a completely different person if he was born without the condition. But I mean, go back and change even small things in anyone's past and we would all come out to be different from who we are now as a result. | ||
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