Hiking Patagonia in a Wheelchair with Alvaro Silberstein

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🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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When Alvarez Silberstein was 18 years old, he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. Before his accident, Alvaro had a dream to go Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia. Once he started using a wheelchair, he assumed it would be impossible for him to fulfill this dream. But in 2017, Alvaro and his incredible friends organized a trip to make his wild idea a reality.

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0:00.0	Recently Johnny and I went on a trip to Europe and I was reminded of the magic of travel.
0:10.0	We hiked in the Alps of Switzerland, taking in the most majestic views all the way
0:14.8	to a glacier. Then we went to my yorka Spain where we hiked along the coast of
0:18.9	the Mediterranean Sea and explored remote coves. Many of the trails on my adventures were labeled and
0:24.9	accessible, but in my experience that's not always the case. For people who are
0:29.9	disabled, there aren't always many options to hike to the top of a mountain or explore a secluded beach.
0:36.2	But Chilean adventurer Alvaro Silverstein, who uses a manual wheelchair,
0:40.6	has found a way to do things like climb Machu Picchu, scuba dive in Mexico, and so much more.
0:47.0	Now he's on a mission to bring experiences like these to thousands of other travelers with disabilities.
0:53.8	I'm Shelby Stanger and this is wild ideas worth living, an REI co-op studios production.
1:01.7	When Albert O'Silberstein was 18 years old, he was in a car accident that left him paralyzed from the
1:06.2	chest down. Before his accident, Alvero had a dream to go to Torres Del Pinae National Park in Patagonia.
1:14.0	Once he started using a wheelchair, he assumed it would be impossible for him to fulfill this dream.
1:20.0	But in 2017, Alvaro and his incredible friends organized a trip to make his wild idea a reality.
1:27.0	Alvaro became the first person in a wheelchair to complete the famous W Trek and Torres del Pine.
1:34.1	The trip inspired Alvaro to co-found Wheel the World,
1:37.7	a startup that empowers people with disabilities
1:40.2	to travel without limits. Alvaro Silverstein, welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living.
1:48.0	Thank you, Shelby.
1:50.0	Thank you for the invite.
1:51.0	Very excited to talk with you.
1:52.0	Well, I'm excited to talk with you. Well I'm excited to talk with you.
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