The Sunday Magazine19:35A view from the top with former world-champion paraclimber Maureen Beck
Adaptive rock climber Maureen Beck sees herself as a role model — but not just for people with disabilities.
The 2019 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year became, in 2018, the first adaptive climber to summit the 2,600-metre White Lotus Flower mountain face in the Northwest Territories’ Cirque of the Unclimbables — completely unassisted.
“I never identified as having a disability because I’m like, ‘Oh, that’s negative. That means you can’t do something. I’m not disabled. I can still take full advantage of life,'” she told The Sunday Magazine guest
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