Cambry Nelson
Appearances
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
I was just kind of blown away. Like I just kept smiling. It was so fun. Like I could go on grass and not have any issues because in my manual wheelchair, like I can't get very far on gravel and grass and dirt. And so it was really fun to just go. I don't know. The first day we went a few miles. It just kind of felt like the world reopened.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
because I just got used to like the pavement and being in accessible places. So just riding the rig has opened my world. And there's just a feeling you get when you feel like
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
I don't know. I think Zach is very like practical and logical and he wants everybody to be on the same playing field. And so I, I see that being really rewarding, but I think also when we get videos of people enjoying their rigs, like it hits a deeper level that sometimes we forget about the impact it really has on people's lives. And That's really fun.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
Um, we also have a kid version and like seeing the little kids just out spinning donuts in the snow is like, sometimes it's surreal because I, I lived with my injury for 15 years and just navigating this world. Um, you know, all the ups and downs that come with sustaining a disability and then, and dating and just like, um, all aspects of a disability.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
Cause I, I walked for 18 years and then I became a wheelchair user and I just kind of saw the world a little bit more black and white. I feel like until I met Zach and it's just been really rewarding for to not only like have some of my barriers removed, it's been really rewarding to see it affect other people's lives because I know what it's like being in a wheelchair.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
And I, I know how frustrating it is from a lot of different standpoints. And so just, it's nice to be able to, I guess, share the wealth of Zach's incredible brain and drive and the team that is supporting really a large part of the disabled community, I feel like.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
Well, I think part of the name of Not A Wheelchair came because I would drive it on the trails and people would stop us and be like, what is that? And I just think it was kind of fun to be like, well, it's not a wheelchair. And there was a lot of people that were like, oh, can I get myself one of those? Like, that looks really fun.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
And I really enjoyed that about the rig is that it didn't make me... Maybe this is vain, but it didn't make me look more disabled. And I feel like sometimes there's medical equipment out there that just kind of looks like rickety and old. And I feel like our rigs are kind of souped up and fun that it entices more than maybe just the disabled community to want to hop in.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
I know I have friends that will hop on one of them with me and it's one of their favorite pastimes is to go race rigs around with me.
Global News Podcast
The Happy Pod: A gift that reopened the world
So just riding the rig has opened my world. And yeah, I love it.