Dan Boozan had an arm paralyzed in a cycling accident. Enock Glidden was born with Spina Bifida鈥攁 rare disease that resulted in waist-down paralysis. Aika Yoshida broke her neck in an acrobatic accident and was confronted with a long and uncertain road back to athletics.
What do these athletes have in common? They, like thousands of others, found healing and strength through climbing with the help of Paradox Sports.
Since its founding in 2007, Paradox Sports, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, has worked tirelessly to expand accessibility in our sport. They do this by hosting for adaptive climbers and veterans鈥 groups, introducing hundreds of people with disabilities to the sport every year; they run designed to help adaptive climbers increase their skills in a community setting; they for gyms, guiding services, veterans-affairs facilities, and university programs around the country, sharing the latest adaptive climbing practices so these organizations can better serve their local adaptive communities; and they sponsor individual athletes through their Adaptive 国产吃瓜黑料 Fund.
Thanks to Paradox, Dan Boozan has found a new sport he鈥檚 passionate about and a community to go with it. Aika Yoshida returned to climbing and is pulling harder than ever. And Enock Glidden ascended Zodiac on El Cap鈥攁 process that, for him,
Each year, Paradox touches roughly 350 people with physical disabilities, including鈥攂ut not limited to鈥攑eople with amputation or limb difference, blindness, hearing impairment, spinal cord injuries, neurological conditions, traumatic brain injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Paradox achieves this with the help of a variety of funding sources鈥攂ut roughly 10% of their revenue comes from individual donations. With this in mind, Climbing has partnered with Paradox Sports through 国产吃瓜黑料鈥檚 program. Our goal: to help them do what they do.
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