There's a paraplegic jimmy named Keegan Reilly in Japan right now climbing Mt. Fuji. When I first read about this guy, who's 22 by the way, I thought 'fuck, that's pretty cool.' I mean, climbing a mountain using only your hands! Then I read the entire article and thought 'fuck, who cares.' Because it turns out Mt. Fuji has several wide, winding paths to the summit and thousands of people "climb" (walk) it every year. I pictured this guy climbing up a cliff face like Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible II using only his hands, or running along the ground pulling his legs behind him. No, it's not like that at all. The guy's in a special wheelchair that has hand pedals. I'm not going to bash on the guy for being a cripple, I'm sure he's a good guy and he's definitely got a cool chair, but his quote in the article made me laugh out loud.

      "We wanted to climb in a country outside of the United States to show people more about what extreme climbing for       disabled people is."

Of course the guy has the right idea at heart: improving cripple awareness, that they're real people too, and all that. But calling this shit "extreme" is taking alot of liberty with the idea of extreme sports. I can tell you one thing, if this is extreme, someone needs to come and record the process of me taking a shit and I'll open their eyes to extreme.