How Psychedelics Helped a Paralyzed Athlete Walk Again

Outside Podcast

Wilderness, Sports

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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After suffering a brutal accident while on a kite-skiing expedition in Patagonia, Jim Harris’s painstaking recovery took a sudden leap forward when he had an experience with magic mushrooms. The adventure photographer had been pushing hard with his rehabilitation efforts and making impressive progress, but when he took mushrooms while at a music festival to have some fun, something very unexpected happened: suddenly, muscle groups in his legs that had been unresponsive since his injury started firing. Thus began a fascinating journey that offers insights into the emerging science of psychedelics and physical healing.

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0:00.0	We all know Vans for their classic shoes.
0:03.8	I mean, who hasn't had a pair of their checkerboard slip-ons in their closet?
0:08.3	But Vans also innovates.
0:10.2	Step into the Ultra-Range Neo VR3 and you'll feel the difference.
0:14.1	This versatile Onde shoe has an updated biobased foam in the midsole that delivers maximum
0:19.9	cushioning.
0:20.9	A precision support system for optimal fit and breathable mesh to keep you cool.
0:26.1	All that makes the Neo VR3 the most technically advanced Ultra-Range shoe yet.
0:31.6	Check it out for yourself at vans.com.
0:45.7	From outside magazine, this is the outside podcast.
0:57.1	In the world of outdoor sports and adventure, injuries happen.
1:03.2	It's just part of the deal.
1:05.0	Which is why, over the years, outside magazine has published numerous stories about injury
1:10.8	recovery.
1:11.8	Everything from how to train yourself into form after taking a spill to inspiring features
1:17.3	about elite athletes who've clawed their way back to the podium after truly devastating
1:22.5	accidents.
1:24.0	And none of those articles is quite like the one we published recently about a man named
1:28.8	Jim Harris.
1:30.3	What's remarkable about Jim's story was his discovery of an ally in his healing that
1:35.2	was as unexpected as it was powerful.
1:38.5	Psychedelics.
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