Wayne Willoughby lives for the long days.
Spending 22 hours climbing upwards while fighting a virus that attacks muscle strength, followed by a few hours of rest hundreds of metres up in a dirt cave, is a special kind of long day.
Two decades after he made the first adaptive ascent of the Stawamus Chief, the accomplished big wall climber and polio survivor took on the first recorded one-day ascent of a hard aid-climbing route up the Sheriffs Badge last month.
“I’m so lucky I got to do these climbs — some that really inspire people,” he said.
Willoughby hopes that one day, the Chief — with easily accessible approaches and a friendly climate — could become a mecca for adaptive climbers living with disabilities.
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