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The moment of truth is almost at hand for a man who is no stranger to the toughest of challenges. In just a few days he’ll be climbing Africa’s Mt. Kilimanjaro as no one has ever climbed it before, as CBS News correspondent Karen Brown reports.

Don’t tell Chris Waddell he can’t climb a mountain. This week Waddell will try to become the first paraplegic, on his own power, to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro.

“I want them to go, ‘Wow, I never thought that was possible,'” Waddell said.

Paralyzed at 20 in a freak ski accident, Waddell went on to become the most decorated Paralympic skier ever. But still, he’s tired of just being “a guy in a wheel chair.”   …  Details

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Video Sailing Powerboat – Models Have Skills – So you think it’s easy being a model, eh? Well the Electric girls beg to differ. Hanging out on luxury yachts and bronzing in the hot sun can be really hard work, and keeping your tan nice and even takes skill. See how the pros do it in this behind the scenes photo shoot for the Romantic shade, then answer this question, are they athletes?

OK, so we’ve already established that the iPhone camera is capable of some pretty amazing photography, even if you don’t use one of the many fantastic photography-related apps available on the Store.

One thing I’ve not seen it used for to date has been action shots; but Oregon-based photographer Jared Souney has been putting his 3GS to good use for just that.

I wanted to find out how he did it, so I asked him. Here’s what he said.

“A good percentage of the work I do is in the so-called “Action Sports” (BMX, Skateboarding, Motocross) and with brands marketing around them. I do a lot of work with the related magazines in those sports…  Details