Chris Waddell Living It

Edie threw herself into the fear of being a Downhiller, then again when she became a writer after retiring, but the time that really impressed me was when she, an able-bodied skier, had me teach her to monoski for the most impressive article that anyone has written on me. Our conversation goes from her ski racing career, to writing, to monoskiing, to the book she wrote on sex, to the deep bond she has with her teammates and helping one them back to the mountain following a plane crash.

What is Chris Waddell Living It?

Our greatest risk is taking no risk at all. Hall of Fame Paralympic athlete and the first "nearly unassisted" paraplegic to summit Mt Kilimanjaro in a handcycle Chris Waddell interviews people, who had been dropped into a situation that forced them to confront everything they'd thought to be true. "Experts in the Experience of Being Human," Paralympians, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, share their fight/struggle/strategy to succeed in the face of adversity.