5 Camping Tips For Paraplegic Wheelchair Users
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ย. 2020
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Camping season is almost over but I hope you will find something handy for yourself the next camping season.
Did you find something useful? Comment below!
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Awesome content!! Thanks for this video. I’m speaking as the husband of a non-paraplegic wheelchair user.(viral infection in my wife’s brain stem caused ataxia- slowed nerve speed so she falls over faster then she can respond to). Our daughter is completely deaf and legally blind (all fuzzy beyond 10’/3m nothing past 30’/10m or after dark).
We do 2, week long, and 4-6 long weekend camping trips a year. Each loves it, but must experience and navigate the experiences very differently.
We use a 16’/5m bell tent (single center pole, pyramid style). Because a queen cot fits perfectly so that my wife can use the center pole as a grab bar to transfer from wheelchair to bed or potty chair. A hanging bed sheet gives privacy to the potty chair so it can be used at any time. That way I don’t have to be woken up 6 times a night to be the guide for others bathroom needs.
We also do a huge 16’x20’ /5x7m tarp, rain or shine so that my wife has shade to not get a Lupus sun rash flair-up.
I'M EX PARAPLEGIC (LUCK & YEARS OF WORK) BUT MY MOBILITY IS VERY LIMITED. THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO.
Great video! I was looking for camping tips and this was perfect, thanks
Trying camping for the first since going intonthe wheelchair and first time for my kids. Excited to show them it doesn't need to be limiting, I'm not Para or quad, but I still found this helpful
Yes, a step free access might be a good idea for kids running in and out ;)
Instead of getting on and off the ground just get a cot with your air mattresses or even better get foam mattress so the air mattress won’t suck the heat out of your body. I’m in a wheelchair 🦽 and the setup I use is a cot with foam mattress so it’s more comfortable like a real bed. Plus it’ll save your shoulders in the long run.
Really good video Michal!
Thanks 👍
Nice video!
4:20 is a good way to get pressure sores....
Why? Could you elaborate, please? I haven't got any for 11y + of sleeping like that. Basically my butt is up and it's getting relief for a whole night after all day of seating. The only high pressure points are the knees and maybe parts of the hips - and haven't got any problems with these parts.
@@Wheelchairtravels everyone is different. Some have super boney knees and they can't turn themselves...so this would be pressure on the knees for who knows how long...but that is a good way to turn.
@@morgancalvi6675 Of course, whatever works. This is just my experience and my suggestion for those who can change the position over the night. And if anything goes wrong, I think knees are the easiest to keep the pressure off from, if needed, after an unlucky night.
@@Wheelchairtravels I'm not critizing in anyway..just saying if a quad read that and went by it.... I get your tip though. I think maybe you should clarify by putting words up saying if you can turn, this is a good tip. I know with me, even if I could turn over...sleeping on a dirt ground often gets me stiffer as a board...lol.
Any suggestions we to electric midwheel wheelchair alterations?
Hi, Sorry for late answer (was on holiday and covid sick later) Do you mean electric wheelchair attachments? Unfortunately I don't have any experience with these, sorry.
What's the band of that thin mattress? Great video!
Naturehike, unfortunately bad quality, it lasted a week or two. I bought another one (single) to test it this summer.
@@Wheelchairtravels Thanks for letting me know, lets avoid it then :D I'm looking for a system that's more reliable, and your idea of using a simple airbed and then a good thin mattress seems to be cool and reliable if one of them start leaking in a middle of the night! Would love to see more camping videos (even from a backyard :))
What brand tent is that? How do you find a tent with a flat opening like that?
For me personally it is perfect solution. It is Kampa (domestic).
How much did all the camping supplies cost?
Tent, matres, sleeping bag, table & chairs, gas, stove... about 750 euro
you seem to be a mod chest level para? dont you just LOVE muscle spasms lol thanks for the tips.
Yep, T4. Got used to them ;)
@@Wheelchairtravels I'm a T6, I shake like a paint mixer when I lay down. lol.
Thank you for the video, it has given me some good ideas.
See.. I'm a fat cripple. That ground to chair transfer is too much! I use a blow up mattress. Great vid tho! But you need a van!!
But you go camping anyway, and that's what matters! Can't afford a van, my SUV 835 litres trunk capacity is big enough for me.
Fat cripple here too, recently returned to camping with really good mates. For the two camps I’ve done (and the one coming up) I just slept in the back of my wagon. First camp I had a small cheap portable toilet in the shower recess so I slept with the car boot open and it was bliss. Second time (much colder) I had a tent that “attaches” to the back of my wagon with my portable toilet in there, and slept in the boot again. Next camp in July will be freezing so I’ll be packing seriously for that
'm a t-10 paraplegic and have been for the last 30 years. I have been camping the entire time. In fact, i have been both a professional hunter and fisherman for many of those years. I have never once used a single "adaptive" item. even camping for 5 weeks at a time in the two-inlet state forest every fall for bear season. this video sure seems like it is more about making us (paraplegics) look helpless and should be felt sorry for. I'll take on ANY AB in the wilderness any time and I will do just fine without ANY of this bologna! sickening video IMO
Well, tell that to some high level (T1-T4) complete SCI paraplegic ppl. You're ignorant here, anyway I'm happy for you that you can manage without any adaptive item, not all of us can do that!
Why are we dumping on someone for encouraging and showing others how they can get outdoors.? I’m glad you can get out and enjoy the wilderness. It sounds like you may have had a lot of camping experience (or someone with it) to call on. Before you became paraplegic.
Let’s work to get more people out side whatever the disabilities or comfort levels. I’m speaking as the husband of a non-paraplegic wheelchair user.(viral infection in my wife’s brain stem caused ataxia- slowed nerve speed so she falls over faster then she can respond to). Our daughter is completely deaf and legally blind (all fuzzy beyond 10’/3m nothing past 30’/10m or after dark).