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Upwardly mobile: Paraclimbers overcome limits of disability

Clip: 8/3/2014 | 1m 43s

Last month, 39 competitors competed in the first ever national paraclimbing competition

Last month in Atlanta, 39 competitors took part in the first ever National Paraclimbing Championships sponsored by USA Climbing, the governing body of competitive climbing in the United States. NewsHour Weekend visited with some of the athletes in Brooklyn as they trained for the event.

08/03/2014 | Rating NR

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