When my father told me he wanted to take a family hiking trip to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, I’ll admit I thought he was out of his mind. A wheelchair user since a brainstem stroke in 2005, I knew he was itching for adventure, but this was something different. This would be a trek, an overnight, multi-day descent into one of the most inaccessible places on the planet. I now realize that was his point, but cut me some slack, I was young and short-sighted.
Read MoreLocally produced all-terrain wheelchair provides opportunity for those with limited mobility to explore the outdoors—and it's finally available to buy.
Read MoreThe old adage, “Necessity is the mother of invention,” rings loud and true for Geoff Babb and his team at AdvenChair. In 2005 Babb was a Bureau of Land Management Fire Ecologist and an active outdoorsman, until a near-fatal brain stem stroke changed his access to the great outdoors.
Read MoreGeoff Babb is an outdoor adventurer. He has enjoyed mountain biking, skiing and hiking in rugged terrain with friends over the years. He wasn’t about to let a stroke in 2005 stop him from enjoying his passions, or even a second stroke 12 years later.
Read MoreInspired by Emily Cureton’s story about AdvenChair for National Public Radio last December, Ansys, a global leader in engineering design technology, reached out and offered their help and expertise. By joining the Ansys Startup Program, we were able to utilize their Discovery design simulation software in the development process, which enabled us to better understand the effect of our design decisions and make adjustments during our prototype testing.
