I was born without a fully developed spine. At age 11, those underdevelopments began showing and I had to undergo serious back surgery. During surgery to fix the one diagnosed problem (Spondylolisthesis), the doctor accidentally cut into my spinal cord not knowing it wasn't covered by bone as it should have been (Spina Bifida). He patched me up and we waited to see how I recovered and whether I would be permanently damaged or not.
While a couple nerves were damaged in the process, following some serious prayers, a few unexplained things performed by my God, and a long healing process, I re-learned to walk, then run, then run for hours....I didn't want to take those gifts for granted again. I LOVE sport and the outdoors; and with the knowledge of what it was like to not have it....and knowing I likely won't have the ability forever, I have resolved to experience as much of life as I can. I'm addicted to seeing the next horizon and experiencing as much of nature's wonders as I can. ....and adventure racing feeds that desire (not to mention the desire to compete and see how far I can push myself).
James, my husband, and I really want to figure out a way to use this AR stuff to help the world out in some way or another. We haven't had the big brain wave on how, yet, but we're trying to set the stage in our attempts at developing the AR community in Colorado and putting on races.
While a couple nerves were damaged in the process, following some serious prayers, a few unexplained things performed by my God, and a long healing process, I re-learned to walk, then run, then run for hours....I didn't want to take those gifts for granted again. I LOVE sport and the outdoors; and with the knowledge of what it was like to not have it....and knowing I likely won't have the ability forever, I have resolved to experience as much of life as I can. I'm addicted to seeing the next horizon and experiencing as much of nature's wonders as I can. ....and adventure racing feeds that desire (not to mention the desire to compete and see how far I can push myself).
James, my husband, and I really want to figure out a way to use this AR stuff to help the world out in some way or another. We haven't had the big brain wave on how, yet, but we're trying to set the stage in our attempts at developing the AR community in Colorado and putting on races.