Category: beyondlimits

  • Skydiving : Another Way to Scare My Mom

    Skydiving : Another Way to Scare My Mom
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    The Big Idea In 2003 I attended a skydiving demonstration in my hometown, Patten Maine.  As I was watching the skydivers I started thinking that I could fall out of a plane just as easy as anyone.  After some pondering, the skydiving plane landed and I approached the skydivers to dig a little deeper into… Read more

  • Perspectives From Adaptive Kayaking

    Perspectives From Adaptive Kayaking
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    I know it has been a while since I have written but I got a new job and have been struggling a bit to figure out my new routine.  Now that I have that sorted out I am going to try to write at least once a week.   Lonnie Bedwell Lonnie Bedwell in a… Read more

  • The Freedom of Flight with Project Airtime

    The Freedom of Flight with Project Airtime
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    Discovery of Project Airtime A couple years ago, right before I climbed El Capitan, I had the opportunity to do an internship in California.  I was finishing up my Computer Information Systems degree at the time and needed the internship to satisfy that requirement.  As part of the internship, I agreed to drive cross country… Read more

  • Trying Out Paragliding with Project Airtime

    Trying Out Paragliding with Project Airtime
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    I know I stole this from my last post, but it really is a good opening haha. A couple years ago, right before I climbed El Capitan, I had the opportunity to do an internship in California.  I was finishing up my Computer Information Systems degree at the time and needed the internship to satisfy… Read more

  • I Wondered If I Could Fly and I Did

    I Wondered If I Could Fly and I Did
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    Can I Fly? First, I have to say I really wish I had thought of this blogging thing back when I was first taking flying lessons.  I would have had at least 50 posts just from flying. Secondly, I am going to apologize ahead of time this may be a long post. I really love… Read more

  • They Believed They Could Fly, and They Did

    They Believed They Could Fly, and They Did
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    Is Flight Possible For Me? I became interested in the possibilities of being able to fly about 12 years ago when my father purchased a plane.  I started wondering is it something I can do, or has it ever been done?  So, I went to the all-knowing Google and found out it really could be… Read more

  • Thrills, Spills, and Up and Down Hills of Hiking

    Thrills, Spills, and Up and Down Hills of Hiking
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    Decision to Hike Due to lack of transportation this summer, I decided to take up hiking to keep in shape. Since I live right across the street from thousands of acres of woods with roads conveniently throughout It just made sense. On weekends I have Sandy to chauffeur me around which worked out well for… Read more

  • Hiking While Disabled

    Hiking While Disabled
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    My Thoughts While Hiking I went hiking with Sandy this weekend and had these thoughts as I pushed myself to exhaustion while enjoying the scenery around me. I’ve always loved being outdoors and even as a kid would play in the woods.  I never called it adaptive hiking or adaptive anything.  I was just enjoying… Read more

  • How I Reach My Summits

    How I Reach My Summits
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    After posting on Monday about other people reaching summits I thought I would write something about how I reach my summits. Climbing El Capitan – People When I climbed El Capitan in October of 2016 I had 15 people in total that helped me pull off that adventure.  This is one of the ingredients for… Read more

  • More Than One Way to Reach A Summit

    More Than One Way to Reach A Summit
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    Lunch Revelations I went to lunch with my friend Dave Penney this week.  At lunch, we were planning, dreaming and scheming about major adventures we would like to embark on together at some point. Dave has done some pretty amazing things in his life and during the conversation, we started talking about ascending Kilimanjaro.  Dave… Read more