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CNN Sunday Morning

Interview with Mike McKeller

Aired March 03, 2002 - 09:29   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, he does things that most of us only dream about. The many you're about to meet loves to jump out of airplanes and hurdle toward the ground at speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. This adrenalin addict dreamed of skydiving for more than 10 years. Then he set out to conquer his fears and make it happen.

Well, what you may not really realize until now is that Mike has something very unique, and that is you're in a wheelchair, but that's no big deal because that doesn't stop you from a darn thing, does it?

MIKE MCKELLER: Not really, no. It sure doesn't.

PHILLIPS: And you go by the name Extreme Mike.

MCKELLER: That's right.

PHILLIPS: And you got this from all these extreme sports that you take on.

MCKELLER: That's right. I do a lot of extreme sports, skydiving, scuba diving, a lot of crazy things, anything I can do to push the envelope a little bit.

PHILLIPS: Why?

MCKELLER: It gives me a charge. It really does. It makes me realize that I'm not even aware of where my limitations are, and if I can push those limitations a little further, then I can take my life up a notch and I can show other people how to do the same thing.

PHILLIPS: Now I see you pushing the limit, and I don't see any limits within your life, that is for sure. OK, so you are going to come back in the 10:00 half hour and you are to talk about all the things that you have been doing sports wise, and also the motivational speaking that you have been doing, right?

MCKELLER: Correct.

PHILLIPS: All right, terrific. Stick around. We are going to talk more.

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