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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucas Dumprheys

At one of Rio de Janeiro's hardest trails, one paraplegic athlete climbed into the clouds

APTOPIX Brazil Disabled Climbers - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

It’s perhaps Rio de Janeiro’s hardest trail, featuring one particularly daunting section requiring a perilous scramble that can cause hikers to freeze up with fright.

But this week, paraplegic athlete Ezequiel da Luz, 40, traversed jungle and surmounted rocks to reach Pedra da Gavea’s peak that towers over the Atlantic Ocean.

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