"I Just Get Right Back Up and Continue On."

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23701539.post-80766883800650966072008-04-25T15:15:00.004-04:002008-04-25T15:25:30.228-04:00"I Just Get Right Back Up and Continue On."<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bCmnOFPknBM/SBIvs5tDvDI/AAAAAAAAAg0/EWUyooqqEXY/s1600-h/stilts.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 186px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bCmnOFPknBM/SBIvs5tDvDI/AAAAAAAAAg0/EWUyooqqEXY/s320/stilts.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193265768762162226" border="0" /></a>Neil Sauter, a <st1:state st="on">Michigan</st1:state> resident with cerebral palsy, in an attempt to raise money to fight the disability, is going on a meandering, 830-mile walk across the state of <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:state>. <a href="http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/NEWS06/804240417">On stilts</a>. <o:p> </o:p>Sauter plans to start the cross-state journey -- which is to cover 830 grueling miles along highways and back country roads -- on May 5 from Lambertville near the <st1:state st="on">Ohio</st1:state> border and end eight weeks later in Ironwood near the <st1:place st="on">Wisconsin</st1:place> border.<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>Sauter hopes to raise $10,000 for the fight against CP. My bet is he will fly past that number. <o:p></o:p>Diagnosed with a mild form of cerebral palsy at birth, Sauter said the condition affects only his legs, causing tightness in his calves and forcing his ankles to turn in when he walks.<o:p></o:p> "I'm a bit of a klutz sometimes and prone to falling down occasionally," he said, admitting that he has taken a tumble or two from high atop his stilts. "But I just get right back up and continue on."<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>CoralandOpalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12351985847303007612noreply@blogger.com