Extraordinary O&P

The biking leg of triathlons was Jill Walsh’s least favorite aspect of the event, which may surprise some given the name she has since made for herself in the sport […]

Rhythm—it is a common denominator of playing drums and performing freestyle dressage. When playing drums, rhythm is the arrangement of sounds to make music; when performing freestyle dressage, rhythm is […]

Landeros and Carron receive recognition for their Paralympic achievement at a Colorado Avalanche hockey game. Photographs courtesy of Nikko Landeros. Landeros and Carron, bottom center and right, with their teammates. […]

Craig Vogtsberger lives a life of travel, activity, and athletics. He says it’s the life he’s always dreamed of but didn’t dare imagine in the troubled years of recovery after […]

At the age of 21, swimmer Elizabeth Stone is looking forward to competing in her third Paralympic Games in London this summer. Since winning a silver medal in the 100m […]

  Ricci Milan believes the allure of tap dancing is that not only can the audience watch the dancer—how he moves his body, how his emotions run through his body—but […]

Rising 15,100 feet from base to summit, Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro is the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. It is composed of three distinct volcanic cones: Kibo, 19,340 feet; Mawenzi, […]

Sean Reyngoudt exhibits a certain grace reserved for gymnasts and acrobats as he dances on water and flies through the air, exceeding speeds of 30 miles per hour and reaching […]

Mutantur omnia nos et mutamur in illis. All things change, and we change with them. Improvise, adapt, overcome. This is the “unofficial” mantra of the U.S. Marine Corps, and veteran […]

Hegreness tests her new Cheetah Flex-Foot. “It was like Christmas when I found out that [Limbs of Love] wanted to get it for me,” she says. On a rain-dampened high […]