World record attempt in an Abler Adventure wheelchair

I have tried the Abler Adventure before (see previous post here dated July 23, 2008) and I enjoyed the experience greatly. The Abler Adventure is a superb well-engineered power wheelchair from Germany.

I chanced upon an attempt by a person who wants to break a world record travelling 1,000 miles or 1,600 kilometres in UK. Here are the excerpts from this attempt:

"I (Mary Laver) have a dream and that is to drive a power wheelchair from Lands End to John O’Groats UK in 29 days. After looking at many power wheelchairs I was told by wheelchair experts, that for such an adventure I needed a power wheelchair that you could change the batteries without getting out of the chair; that I needed a power wheelchair chair that had good suspension, up to date technology in fault finding. I needed speed and endurance as I would need to cover 40 miles per day for 29 days with the odd rest day, to complete the task I had set myself; then there was only one chair to fill all of these requirements and more, that was and is, the Alber Adventure."

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