Mark Wellman

By SARA GIBONEY UNK Communications KEARNEY – Extreme Sports Athlete Mark Wellman will speak during the 22nd annual Disability Awareness Week Monday through Thursday at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. A mountaineer since age 12, Wellman has ascended over 50 Sierra Nevada peaks. An accident on his descent of the Seven Gables in the John Muir Wilderness in 1982 left him paralyzed from the waist down. After his accident, he continued climbing. In 1989, he and his … [Read more...] about Extreme sports athlete Wellman to speak during Disability Awareness Week