Showing posts with label world record attempt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label world record attempt. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2008

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."

To read further, click here.