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how much of that did you read?

I doubt he read much because, if I caught my cliffs right, the guy didn't go anywhere.

aye didnt end too well, but damn that dude has spirit 

Well, he got halfway through Mexico before his bike met a donkey, paralyzed from the nipples down.

damn the nipples down?  that sucks

Hi gang,

I did read the entire thread and again repeat, wow, what a trip!  This guy has amazingly inspirational story--from the energy and sense of adventure he embodied in planning and carrying out this trip to the sobering reminder that something equally chaotic could happen to any of us when we go out for a ride to his current challenge (and bravery) of facing law school as a paraplegic.

I found the following quote in one of the posts particularly moving:

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure. Helen Keller (1880-1968)

Chilly

Wow...I thought the only thing helen keller ever said was "oliskeeellooooghhghhlle".

thanks for posting, very sobering.

Quote from: makenzie71 on November 08, 2006, 11:41:51 AM
Wow...I thought the only thing helen keller ever said was "oliskeeellooooghhghhlle".

Holy shaZam!, Mak.

THat's basically right tho, isn't it? I mean how could she speak or even write out thoughts? she couldn't see or hear. How do you learn the english language when you're like that? Or learn anything for that matter.

I just read up on helen keller and I retract most of that question, although all she ever said probably was  oliskeeellooooghhghhlle.

read up a little bit more and you;ll learn a little more. She wasn't retarded, unlike some of the posters in this thread.

Who said she was retarded?

I didn't read this thread before I read the story.  I was all psyched about the trip he was taking and just about fell out of my chair when it ended.