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Ben Sales of the JTA has this story:<\/p>\n

After a missile strike during the 1973 Yom Kippur War left Omer Zur\u2019s father paralyzed from the chest down, his dad vowed to continue life as normal. But there was one Israeli pastime he couldn\u2019t enjoy: hiking.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019d say, \u2018I\u2019ll go in the car and meet you on the other side,\u2019\u201d said Zur, a certified Israeli tour guide. \u201cI said, \u2018Why can\u2019t he do this with us?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2008, Zur decided that he and his wheelchair-user father would complete a 300-mile trek in southern Turkey. With the help of dozens of friends who joined them on segments of the hike, Zur and his father were able to complete the trail, sleep in tents and cook meals over an open fire.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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