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Scaling The Barriers: McKayla Hanson's story
Posted: 05.19.2010 at 5:24 PM
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Flint native McKayla Hanson was introduced to rock-climbing in 2007, and has yet to find a wall that can slow her down.  / Matt Waymire
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Flint rock-climber lost leg to cancer at just seven years old

Strength and determination are two of McKayla Hanson's most defining traits, but for all she has achieved as a rock-climber, those attributes were never put to a greater test than they were 15 years ago in a Royal Oak hospital.

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