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[4 Jan 2011 | No Comment | 985 views]

I recently had the opportunity to holiday in the French Alps and try my hand at some wheelchair skiing while I was there.

Wheelchair Skiing Video
2 hours of skiing with a specially trained instructor cost 88 euro and my pass for the ski lifts was free. After receiving our passes we proceeded to a large cable car or cabin which would take us to the first stop up the mountain, where I met my instructor Christoph. I transferred from my chair to a dual ski-ed chair with handles that Christoph would use to control the …