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Losing a leg hasn’t stopped her triathlon training

Posted in accident, personality, triathlon on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

By JOE MILLER McClatchy-Tribune
RALEIGH, N.C. — Like a lot of triathletes, Deanna Babcock is starting to train for the 2008 season. She’s swimming a couple of days a week at the YMCA, and she’s gradually upping the miles on the bike. Soon, she plans to start running. Her goal is to be ready, by [...]

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900 Feet Up With Nowhere to Go but Down

Posted in BASE jumping, air, personality on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

He had learned this extreme form of tightrope walking from a homeless man who wrote books on quantum physics. But that was years ago, while goofing around on a flexible piece of nylon webbing tied close to the ground between a tree and the bumper of a Chevy van.
This was something else entirely for Dean [...]

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