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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Athlete Says Stone Mountain 'Was No Joke'

Michael Mills of Covington, who is paralyzed from the waist down, climbed Stone Mountain on Saturday to raise money for a charity, bring awareness to athletes with disabilities and to push himself.

Michael Mills crawled to the top of Stone Mountain -- just as he and his supporters knew he could. The athlete, who is paralyzed from the waist down, climbed up the mountain Saturday morning (Feb. 9) for the first time, with a group of people making the trek with him (while lugging their own challenges, such as tires) and offering encouragement. Mills wrote on his Chasing Spartan Michael Mills Facebook page: Wow!! What a day I have had. all I have to say is Stone Mountain was no joke. I want to thank everyone who put on work today and thank you all who pushed me today. I owe you all. We did it guys. Mills is raising money for the charity Bert's Big Adventure. Here is the original article on Mills: Paralyzed Athlete to Climb Stone Mountain …

Friday, February 8, 2013

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 …

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