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The Daily Article

Quadriplegic climbs Mount Everest at home: A question I hope you’ll ask today

The Daily Article

The Denison Forum

Christianity, Daily News, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.9576 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR MAY 18, 2020

A quadriplegic raised funds for spinal research in a remarkable way. Today's podcast tells his story, then we define a question that will empower us to experience and share God's love in transforming ways.

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Ed Jackson was a professional rugby player

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before a spinal injury in April 2017

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shattered his career and left him paralyzed from the neck down.

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After months of therapy,

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he was able to regain some use of his body. However, he suffers from Brown-Cquard syndrome, a neurological condition in which his left side does not function well, while his right

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side does but has no sensation. This challenge has not deterred Jackson. To

1:29.3

Wade in his rehabilitation, he began climbing mountains. He started with Mount Snowden,

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the tallest point in Wales at 3560 feet. Last October, he climbed the Mara Peak in the Himalayas,

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an elevation of more than 21,000 feet.

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Jackson wanted to climb Mount Everest, but the coronavirus shutdown made that impossible.

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