Rockclimbing for one armed person.

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My friend has one arm and would like to begin rock climbing. She is looking for a prothesis that is upto the job and anyone with similar experience who might be able to offer advice. Her right arm finishes at the elbow. We live in Chile and the only commonly available devices seem useless for the task in hand (so to speak). Any adv

-- matthewjfrance (matthewjfrance@hotmail.com), July 21, 2001

Answers

she oughta try kayaking:)

-- adam hicks (climbhoser@yahoo.com), July 24, 2001.

John Donlou a psychiatrist in Palos Verdes Calif is a one armed rockclimber. Maybe he can help you.

-- Jackson Pollack (kattwalker@hotmail.com), April 02, 2002.

That sould's like it'd be really hard to do, besides doing some easy slab stuff. On the other hand (no pun intented) using a prothesis would sure beat killing your fingers on shitty little crimps. Hope you guys come up with something.

-- jim davis (jmdavis384@aol.com), March 20, 2003.

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