DOH!!??!! Link to Mark Wellman article:
http://www.newmobility.com/articleView.cfm?id=134&srch=Mark%20Wellman
On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:46 PM, Bob Vogel wrote:
> I forgot--here is a link to my article on Mark Wellman--from 1998
>
> And a photo from my 1987 E&J ad for the E&J Impulse Wheelchair.
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> Bob V
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> <E&J Hang Glide by Chair.JPE.jpg>
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> On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Bob Vogel wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the Cool Reply,
>>
>> You have all of the info correct...
>>
>> Except, you are "rolling" 3 wheelers into one it's totally understandable.
>> All three of us will take this as a compliment. Mark Wellman made national
>> television and newspaper headlines when he--a T12 paraplegic--climbed
>> the 3,000 foot rock wall--El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in 1989. He
>> made more national news a few years later when he climbed Yosemite's
>> 3,000foot Half Home live on national--the last few days of the climb ended
>> up being live because of two reasons A) New Anchor Tom Brokaw is a rock
>> climber and a Wellman fan. B) They were pinned down by sickness and
>> weather--the climb lasted 13 days instead of the planned-upon 9-days and
>> they ran out of food and water on the rock, but made it anyway. Mark is also
>> a adaptive adventure video producer.
>>
>> Enter Person #2--me, Bob Vogel, T10 paraplegic. I'm Marks age, same hair
>> color, same mustache, similar build--his arms are much bigger than mine.
>> I'm a hang glider pilot. In the late 1987 I created a famous advertisement
>> for Everest & Jennings Wheelchairs where I flew my hang glider next to my
>> empty E&J wheelchair, on the edge of a 150 foot cliff--see below. I also
>> produced an adaptive sports video in 1987 called Go Beyond the Limits
>> featuring
>> paraplegics and quadriplegics doing the following sports: Hang Gliding,
>> HobieCat Sailing, Airplane Flying, Off-road car off-road racing, Wheelchair
>> racing, Basketball, and Wheelchair tennis--and I toured the country for many
>> years
>> doing speaking presentations at hospitals, rehab centers, and abilities
>> expos.
>>
>> Enter Person #3 Dan Buchanan--A T6 paraplegic and professional air-show hang
>> glider pilot. Dan fly's a propeller driven hang glider--an ultralight--and
>> also has an airshow act where he gets towed up to about 2,000 feet behind a
>> vehicle that pays out line to get his hang glider to altitude--complete with
>> smoke bombs, and throws candy to kids
>>
>> You nailed it--Mark is the guy that climbed up the tower and lit the Torch
>> at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
>>
>> To further confuse matters, Dan, Mark and I are all good friends, and Dan
>> and I have had separate segments in one of Mark's adventure videos--Me Scuba
>> Diving with a Manta Ray and Sea Lions in the Sea of Cortez, Dan Hang Gliding
>> on the Pacific Coast of California.
>>
>> I've had many people compliment me on my amazing Yosemite climbs, Mark has
>> had many people compliment him on his amazing hang gliding advertisement--we
>> crack each other up playing off of this. Our friend enjoy giving us a hard
>> time about this. And--I SWEAR THIS IS TRUE--I was at a hang gliding
>> festival in Lakeview, Oregon and a very attractive woman came up to me
>> around 11:00am--gave me a huge hug and kiss, complimented me on my
>> incredible lovemaking skills, "she had never been satisfied over and over
>> again like that" and she was ready to go on the tandem hang glider ride I
>> promised her. Dan Buchanan IS a licensed tandem hang glider pilot, I DON'T
>> have my tandem rating. Apparently Dan Buchanan had a fantastic evening with
>> this woman AND forgot he was supposed to take her tandem flying, he had
>> already headed to launch to go flying. I tried to explain that
>> there is another hang glider pilot in town, who is a paraplegic, has a
>> mustache, etc.--she ended up getting really pissed and stormed off--much to
>> the uproarious laughter of my friends--friends that refer to us as "DanBob".
>> Friends that will accidentally say to me "Dan, do you want your chair out of
>> the back of the truck.?" A) "Errr, I'm Bob. Dan's at work today." "Yeah,
>> fine, whatever. Do you want your chair?". "yup..."
>>
>> Bob V
>>
>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:42 PM, wheelch...@aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> I just knew it. Mark is a super human being and a talented para-glider, in
>>> his spare time. His group performs at places like county fairs and
>>> performs trick maneuvers , while wearing smoke grenades. They land away
>>> from the grandstands and then roll out in their chairs to the screaming
>>> audiences.
>>> I'll never forget Mark's performance at the 1996 Summer Paralympics in
>>> Atlanta.
>>> Thanks and Best Wishes
>>>
>>> In a message dated 7/22/2011 4:27:54 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>> rhvsh...@pacbell.net writes:
>>> You guessed it! He used to drone on and on about "The Sween Cream brother!
>>> Gotta have the Sween Cream to keep the skin strong." About 6-months ago I
>>> started having serious problems with red, dry cracking
>>> skin and started having heal tiny stage II cracks. I remembered his
>>> animated "Gotta have the Sween Cream Brother!" Remark--and hunted some
>>> down. Available online and at specialty pharmacies.
>>>
>>> Within a few days of using Sween Cream the redness and dryness and cracking
>>> went away. It rubs in well too so there is no residue--and within
>>> 10-minutes of rubbing it in you can apply bandages or adhesives over
>>> it. I know I sound like a commercial--but I have no affiliation with them.
>>> Wish I did...
>>>
>>> Bob V
>>>
>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 2:11 PM, wheelch...@aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would that be Mark Welman?
>>>> Best Wishes
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 7/22/2011 3:59:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>>>> rhvsh...@pacbell.net writes:
>>>> The best stuff I've found to protect skin, heal redness, dryness, and heal
>>>> the earliest stages (non-broken) skin is Sween Cream by Coloplast. It
>>>> costs about $9-$12 bucks for a tube that will last several months
>>>> of using it evening and morning on my butt. Works well on skin anywhere.
>>>> I apply it each morning and evening to protect my skin. I learned this
>>>> from a world famous Paraplegic Rock Climber and Supercrip--he
>>>> swears by the stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Bob V
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 22, 2011, at 1:42 PM, Danny Hearn wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Don--I had a pressure sore a while back on my bottom from my seat
>>>>> losing air---Some of the quads on here recommended ( lantiseptic ) so we
>>>>> bought wound care saline and would clean it with that then after it dried
>>>>> we applied the lantiseptic cream--Mine healed very quickly after that---
>>>>> Bag balm and {boudreaux butt paste} are very good for rash, redness oe
>>>>> early stage of pressure sores. My doctor told us about the butt
>>>>> paste---it has a funny name but works very well---these can be found at
>>>>> stores like kmart--target and some walgreens I think. good luck ! hope
>>>>> this helps, Dan H.
>>>>>
>>>>> From: donald scott <rollingl...@yahoo.com>
>>>>> To: "quad-list@eskimo.com" <quad-list@eskimo.com>
>>>>> Sent: Fri, July 22, 2011 8:30:47 AM
>>>>> Subject: [QUAD-L] honey vs bag balm vs sulfadiazine
>>>>>
>>>>> hi group,
>>>>>
>>>>> ok, here we go again with the pressure soar question. i developed my
>>>>> first pressure soar after 20 years. it's a stage 2 and barely open. it's
>>>>> about the size of a quarter. it's located on my buttock and was caused by
>>>>> my jay 2 cushion. i've been fighting it for 2 months now and saw my dr. a
>>>>> month ago. he recommended sulfadiazine or also known as silverdine and a
>>>>> gauze pad as well as trying to stay off of it. I was able to stay in bed
>>>>> for awhile but need to be up more now for my girlfriend to go to work.
>>>>> she has 2 more weeks of work before summer break and i need to be up 10
>>>>> hours a day. it did get slightly better but now coming back from being up
>>>>> i'm assuming. i did get a new cushion yesterday which i'm hoping helps. i
>>>>> guess what i need opinions on is should i give up on the sulfadiazine and
>>>>> try honey or bag balm for a quicker healing result? any suggestions would
>>>>> be helpful. i know the obvious answer is stay down in bed but she needs
>>>>> to work. also is the bag balm you folks use the one in the green can or
>>>>> something else?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks for your input and help,
>>>>> donald c5/c6 complete
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> =
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>>> =
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