{"id":32700,"date":"2021-03-18T11:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/?p=32700"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:59:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:59:01","slug":"from-wheelchair-to-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.skydivemag.com\/new\/from-wheelchair-to-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"From Wheelchair to Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u201cThe only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible\u201d<\/em> &#8211; Arthur C Clarke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"From Wheelchair to Ultimate Freedom\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/521058979?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video by Joseph Killeen and&nbsp;Ferrufilms<br>Aerial footage by Kibang Lee and Daniel McLaurin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spencer Hopp&nbsp;was born with Spina Bifida and has used a wheelchair his whole life.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spence came to&nbsp;Skydive Perris&nbsp;for the first time in 2019 to do a tandem jump and immediately fell in love with the sport and the warmhearted members of the community. 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