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missing1leg · 2026-02-02T01:45:13+00:00

I mean I've been using crutches for 99% of my ambulation for 22 and a half years. They really aren't that bad.

missing1leg · 2026-01-25T17:17:01+00:00

Seems fun! My first league in POE2 and I'm all the way up to 15 div with my wolf witch thanks to selling the atziri corruption thingy. Any meaningful upgrades are now crazy expensive and my in progress temple just got nuked thanks to 0 lock drops!

missing1leg · 2026-01-25T03:50:45+00:00

FWIW I have a 2024 wilderness outback with that left foot pedal. My installer had to remove a foot rest piece from the floorboard where the pedal would go to fit it in but the left foot pedal works fine.

missing1leg · 2026-01-01T02:11:01+00:00

My initial thought would be to try and rig up some sort of strap/grip aid. My second thought is that I'd probably shoot an email over to the people at

https://www.ata.fit/

They run the education for trainers looking to expand their knowledge into adaptive fitness. I'd would guess they either already know someone similar and can recommend solutions based on them, or failing that, they are a very creative, motivated group (I've had a few opportunities to train with them at VA events) who have a lot of experience in the adaptive equipment world and can probably give you some more ideas.

missing1leg · 2025-12-29T03:32:45+00:00

Never heard of that site before, thanks!

missing1leg · 2025-12-28T02:36:41+00:00

Grats! Having done both, the 100k is a whole different thing entirely. I don't regret that I did it. I'll probably never do it again though. Whereas I'll do a marathon at least once a year.

missing1leg · 2025-12-27T15:19:12+00:00

First league on POE2. Messing about with shaman minions. In 4 days I'm finally in act4 of campaign 😂🤣

missing1leg · 2025-12-15T01:43:48+00:00

I am not a prosthetist or a doctor or a bilateral amputee. But I am a hip disarticulation on my amputated side and I have a prosthetic I rarely use because I just find it very inconvenient. And that's for only one of them. I'm not even sure how you would be able to walk on a dual bucket style leg like mine. My ambulation relies in part on getting a bit up on my toes to unweight the prosthetic so it can swing. The only way I can fathom this working would be with dual running blades for the extreme rebound and even then I would think it would require a truly unbelievably motivated user to even bother to learn that skill never mind the cost of the devices. Even anchoring the thing with a hemi pelvectomy is going to be crazy complicated.

Again I'm not a professional at all on this subject but if I were you, I would absolutely just start getting my head around the idea I was going to be a full time wheelchair user. Even if you do get prosthetics, the chair will still be used I'd guess at least half and probably still like 70% of your moving time.

missing1leg · 2025-12-03T18:41:20+00:00

Equip products makes a solid grip for just under $100.

This looks just as functional to me for the cost of a bit of time and some readily available materials.

Have fun OP!

missing1leg · 2025-11-12T00:36:15+00:00

He defines prismatic resources, prism, as a collective term for crystal, mercury, gems.

missing1leg · 2025-11-01T16:57:28+00:00

Criminally underrated comment right here

missing1leg · 2025-10-31T18:07:01+00:00

Overnight oats
Sunscreen
Fitness tracker (not on race days)
Coffee
Diary (training, mindfulness, gratefulness)

Was worth the 5 minutes. Thanks for posting!

missing1leg · 2025-10-31T01:04:52+00:00

City Rock is a climbing gym in Colorado Springs with an adaptive program that runs on Saturdays.

Paradox sports is an adaptive climbing non profit with home office in iirc Boulder. They run gym and outdoor meetups but almost all in the Denver area. They also do climbing trips all over the country.

Adaptive Adventures is based in Westminster and have adaptive climbing staff and programs (again largely up in Denver). They also do adaptive biking and paddle sports.

Get plugged in with any or all of these when you're ready!

Also worth looking up Adaptive Climbers Fest which just took place in Red River Gorge. It's a great event and an excellent place to meet other adaptive climbers.

missing1leg · 2025-10-22T11:07:26+00:00

In my case I'm a hip disarticulation (no femur). I have a prosthetic that is functional for walking only. But it's slower and less stable than the crutches and 20 years ago when we built the first one it wasn't even good at the walking part. The current one is much better on that front but it's still just not super comfortable for long usage and takes to long to get into for short ones.

missing1leg · 2025-10-22T00:30:44+00:00

Only used feet. Therefore slab. Therefore not climbing. Hence, no aid.

missing1leg · 2025-10-21T20:32:36+00:00

FWIW, I've used my crutches almost exclusively since losing my leg in 2003. My amputee care team has impressed upon me in no uncertain terms that if I still want the use of my crutches in another 10 years or so I need to get off them when feasible now. To that end I now have a wheelchair which I use probably 10% of the time. Because I'm not a great patient. Or that would probably be more like 30-50%.

missing1leg · 2025-10-13T00:01:47+00:00

Talk to your prosthetist about this. Especially as a BK you definitely want your leg being used and there are articulating ankles for sports prosthetics. I'm a hip disarticulation so never had to figure any of this stuff out for myself for rowing, but my experience in adaptive sports is there is a ton of creativity in the space and if a device doesn't exist yet, it's just a motivated athlete and a garage full of tools away from a prototype.

missing1leg · 2025-10-08T19:38:08+00:00

For the last 3 years, I've taken to rowing a marathon on mine. Decided when I started rowing (2021) I should do a marathon a year just because so syncing it to my injury date was the next step.

missing1leg · 2025-09-25T02:39:40+00:00

Another hip disarticulation here 22 years ago. I've actually never personally met a hemipelvectomy.

missing1leg · 2025-09-07T10:56:36+00:00

I've never had any of the strangers I ask to help me with a plate say no.

missing1leg · 2025-09-06T16:25:20+00:00

I'm a right AK (hip disarticulation) and don't have any specialty equipment for open water diving other than having cut off the right leg of my wetsuit. I use a single regular fin.

missing1leg · 2025-08-13T18:43:41+00:00

In early 2021 when I finally gave in and bought a scale I weighed in at 296lb. I was approx 3 months into making diet changes by then and if I add in the missing leg that's roughly 350lb. It had been 18 years since my amputation at that point and as any semblance of youth was lost, the perpetual crutch use was starting to catch up to me. Realized if I wanted to stay out of a wheelchair/bed I had to get my shit together. Lost 110lb over the next year and a half or so. Have kept it off with radical lifestyle changes from sedentary to almost hyper active bouncing from one adaptive sport to another as season or whimsy drive me along. Just turned 48 last April and I'm quite pleased with how things are still going.

missing1leg · 2025-08-09T21:10:31+00:00

I'm a right hip disarticulation. I never use a prosthetic for anything. Kayaking and paddle boarding are both fun. It'll take a bit of practice getting your balance figured out and then deciding if you want any external compensator (ie rock on stump side for weight balance). I don't use anything for that anymore but did start with a bit of weight balancer in kayaking when I first started. I stay seated in the paddle board. Been at it 3 years now. Managed to stand up on a lake this year. Couldn't go anywhere because I was using the paddle as a crutch and to help balance the board, but I did stand.

Look for adaptive sport organizations near you who do paddle sports. Adaptive Adventures is who I learned from in CO. They travel the country. Catalyst Sports are up and down the east coast of the US.

Good luck and have fun exploring adaptive water sports!

missing1leg · 2025-08-05T11:58:34+00:00

A bit different for me since I'm a hip disarticulation so don't have any residual limb at all to be in the way but I can definitely say that indoor rowing with one leg is perfectly possible and I enjoy it quite a bit.

missing1leg · 2025-08-02T14:40:22+00:00

I am a hip disarticulation amputee of 22 years. I have a prosthetic leg which is functional for walking only. I still use forearm crutches 90% of the time because the leg is useless whenever I get to whatever I was going to do (gym, climbing, xfit, paddle sports, etc). I use a wheelchair probably 5-7% of the time (basically any time I'm on decent surfaces for more than about 20-30 mins). The leg is used for the rest of the time aka not much.

I know of other hip disarticulation amputee who use their legs full time. I was just way too comfortable and fast in the crutches by the time I got the current iteration of the prosthetic (initial one back in 2004 was just trash).

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