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Rock climber won't let Lou Gehrig's disease keep him from new heights
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: Israel, Felix Slamovics 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for July 6, 2008.

Apparently neurodegenerative diseases and extreme sports aren't mutually exclusive.

Felix Shlomovich was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, roughly six years ago.
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Despite the progressive and incurable nature of the disease, Felix, once a leading Israeli mountain climber, refuses to succumb to the devastating effects of the paralyzing disorder.


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