This September, Steve Wampler will be the first person with cerebral palsy, a chronic condition affecting both body movement and muscle coordination, to climb Yosemite’s El Capitan, a vertical peak twice the height of the Empire State Building.
In his day-to-day life, Steve travels in a wheelchair.
Because of Wampler’s condition, he will rely solely on upper body strength to reach the top. The ascent will take six days, about 20,000 pull downs and the help of two skilled climbers. When Steve rests at the peak, he will have an immense rush of individual accomplishment, but this climb is about something much greater than one man’s will to rise above.
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