Accessible Family Camping Hacks
Back when my son, Ewan, was still flopping around in diapers, I remember a quad-dad friend of mine who likened parenting to playing a video game. “Just when you start to get better at it, the...
View ArticleOutdoor Tracks Gear Guide
Kary Wright is the author of New Mobility’s Outdoor Tracks column. Wright, a C5-6 quadriplegic for 35 years, lives in Canada and is married with two children. He grew up in the city but developed a...
View ArticleFun With Buggies
Some of you may have caught my article on building a racing simulator with a computer and large-screen televisions, and how it has helped me gain strength and coordination for driving with hand...
View ArticleAn Anniversary in the Mountains
Last September was my 25th wedding anniversary. With the way things have gone the last couple of years, Terry and I hadn’t made any big plans for the occasion. “Let’s go to the mountains for our...
View ArticleA New Accessible Hunting Setup
My daughter Shania and I pull up to our hunting shack. “Give me a few minutes,” she says as she jumps out. “I’ll get the heat on.” Our shack has a wood stove that can keep us warm in temperatures far...
View ArticleBuilding an Accessible Fishing Pond
The sun is starting to shine, the phone isn’t ringing yet, and the only sounds I can hear from my pondside dock are the chorus of serenading songbirds and the gentle hum of the aerator in the...
View ArticleAccessible Sailing: The Unlikely Sailor
I’ve always loved the water. As a kid I explored it with floaties, and then as I got older, canoes, rowboats, powerboats, water-skiing and scuba diving. As an adult, a fortuitous flight over a tropical...
View ArticleHeading South for Winter
Being a quadriplegic, I’ve experienced certain disadvantages to living in Canada in the winter. Firstly, I get cold easily but warm up very slowly. Then there’s the cold — it gets very cold up here....
View ArticleBlazing New Tracks
I have been writing the Outdoor Tracks column for NEW MOBILITY for over 10 years now, and looking back on some of my old columns, it is crazy to see how things have changed. Back in 2011, when I wanted...
View ArticleHacking An Adaptive Cross-Country Skateboard
The last time I skateboarded, I was 16 years old. It was preinjury and I wasn’t any good. I would mess around on the concrete behind the Harley Davidson shop where I sold expensive T-shirts to tourists...
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