News Feature, 3rd prize
Randy Eli Grothe
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News
01 January, 1982
The Conquest of Guadalupe Peak (2667m). Leader Shorty Powers leads his mountain climbing team through high brush from base camp at the beginning of the climb. The paraplegic team use specially-adapted wheelchairs packed with camping equipment. They climbed for five days to the top of Texas' highest mountain; for an able-bodied person, the climb would take only four hours. A five-man team began the climb but only three reached the top.
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