Paralyzed Athlete to Climb Stone Mountain for Charity, Awareness, Challenge
Michael Mills of Covington is raising money for Bert's Big Adventure this Saturday, Feb.9.
Last year, while waiting for his wife and son to return from their trek up Stone Mountain, Michael Mills noticed something on the faces of the people who had finished the journey. "Every time I saw people come down they had a smile on their face," Mills recalled. Mills, a father of three and an athlete who was paralyzed from the waist down after a car accident in 1993, decided he would not only challenge himself by doing the climb -- which he plans to do this Saturday -- but raise money for the charity Bert's Big Adventure as well. He said he'll be the first paralyzed person to climb Stone Mountain. Mills told himself: "You know what? Mike, you can do this. There's no reason you can't do this." Also, Mills said, this is a way of giving …
Jennifer
8:47 am on Friday, February 8, 2013
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