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Sometime around 2005, as I was writing the first words of my book when it had already been 32 years since my first major smack-down from cancer and amputation, I wrote these words about selfishness: “The newly disabled, those diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses, and those who have suffered a tremendous loss, need time within themselves to [...]

The youngest of five siblings from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Hugh Herr was a prodigy rock climber: by age eight, he had scaled the face of the 11,627-foot Mount Temple in the Canadian Rockies, and by 17 he was acknowledged to be one of the best climbers in the United States. In January 1982, while attempting to summit [...]

This talk will weave together the war stories of an incorrigible entrepreneur, how cloud computing will transform the way we get our computing done more dramatically than any other time since computers starting being used by corporations, and how extreme life challenges can lead to extreme responses that help prepare a person for the rough [...]

I have pretty much settled on the events I will be doing in 2011. Here is the list: date location event what it is fundraiser 2/20 Boston, MA C.R.A.S.H.-B. Indoor rowing championships not a fundraiser 4/16-17 D.C. to Gettysburg FOA ride World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America Ride to honor our military—disabled, veterans and active duty—in a ride from DC to Gettysburg, PA Resources and support to injured service members, [...]

I am thrilled and honored to be the newest member of the board of directors of PiersPark Sailing Center. Here is a brief overview of what PiersPark is all about from their Web site (http://piersparksailing.org): Our Mission Piers Park Sailing Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit community sailing center on the East Boston waterfront in Boston’s Inner Harbor. [...]