{"id":1333,"date":"2019-06-18T13:20:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T12:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2019-07-09T11:22:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T10:22:10","slug":"wheels-up-the-ben","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wheels-up-the-ben\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheels up the Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year, Sam ‘Wheels’ Harper-Miller, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, was carried up Snowdon by his friends. Now, the UWE Bristol Engineering Technical team have redesigned a wheelchair to allow him to conquer Ben Nevis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Special mention to Doug Nash, our composites technician (seen here testing the chair), for the redesign of the base. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Sam and his friends made the trek up Snowdon<\/a>, which he would not have been able to undertake without help, to raise money towards a new wheelchair. During the climb, Sam’s friends carried him for six hours on a stretcher, which they made themselves and integrated the top of a wheelchair. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chair was uncomfortable and unstable, so the UWE Engineering Technical team have redesigned a new one with a bespoke composite frame and new seat – a special thank you to Cobra Seats Limited<\/a> for helping with the seat and harness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next challenge the team plan to undertake is to reach the summit of Ben Nevis. For Sam, the mountain ascents are about far more than raising money<\/a>, and with his new chair the next one should be much more comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: We were very pleased to hear on 24\/06\/19 that<\/em> Sam’s team successfully carried him up and down Ben Nevis the previous weekend. Videos and photos can be seen on the Wheels Up The Ben Facebook page<\/a>. Congratulations to Sam and everyone involved!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year, Sam ‘Wheels’ Harper-Miller, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, was carried up Snowdon by his friends. Now, the UWE Bristol Engineering Technical team have redesigned a wheelchair to allow him to conquer Ben Nevis. Sam and his friends made the trek up Snowdon, which he would not have been able to undertake without help, … Continue reading “Wheels up the Ben”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":1346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[148],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-uwe-engineering-technical-team"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/engineering\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}