Gravity, so often taken for granted, is the key force enlisted to provide people with disabilities the chance to participate in adrenaline rush inducing pursuits. Bungee jumping and downhill mountain biking are two of the primary activities on offer. Many tour providers cater to people with disabilities, rightly asserting that this group should not be excluded from the joys and benefits of adventure travel.
The BBC website has a section dedicated to people living with disabilities called Ouch!. Columnist Laurence Clark, whose cerebral palsy sees him confined to a wheelchair and unable to participate in activities requiring fine muscle control, asserts that bungee jumping is his ideal sport. Finding himself excluded from traditional wheelchair athletic pursuits like basketball, Clark discovered, on a holiday to New Zealand, that bungee jumping was 'incredibly inclusive' and intensely enjoyable. 'In order to be given an equal opportunity to fall out of a cable car suspended midway between two mountains,' he writes, 'all I had to do was sign a waiver form. If only everything in life was that easy.'
The Rough Riderz Club is a UK organisation whose aim it is to provide a shared environment wherein people with disabilities can experience the massive adrenaline rush of hurtling downhill on 2- and 4-wheel mountain bikes. The site highlights the exhilaration that comes from the feeling of freedom and speed provided by gravity pulling the mountain biker and her or his steed down the hill.
The Rough Riderz Club is a UK organisation whose aim it is to provide a shared environment wherein people with disabilities can experience the massive adrenaline rush of hurtling downhill on 2- and 4-wheel mountain bikes. The site highlights the exhilaration that comes from the feeling of freedom and speed provided by gravity pulling the mountain biker and her or his steed down the hill.