Pest Management Professional, December 2012
news views Continued from page 15 a tank or sprayer with Mikron for multiple jobs and not worry about the formulation settling out Introduced to the professional pest management industry in 2011 Transport Mikron is a clear non repellent liquid insecticide formula Watch for more of our PestWorld product wrap up in the next several issues of Pest Management Professional PMP NPMA PestWorld Notebook Jerry Mix Editor at Large Does your bucket list contain a note about climbing a mountain If so what are the chances Mt Kilimanjaro the tallest mountain in Africa at 19565 ft would be on your list Kyle Maynard the keynote speaker at this years National Pest Management Association NPMA Convention in Boston and sponsored by Dow AgroSciences had that mountain on his bucket list However Maynard had a few things working against him including the fact that he is a quadruple amputee Climbing Mt Kilimanjaro would not be the first thing that Maynard found challenging He literally crawled up that mountain Making use of the slogan I am not dead so I cant quit he made it to the top hauling a military veterans ashes with him I wanted to send a message to disabled veterans that they are capable of doing things they didnt think possible Maynard said He told his NPMA audience that after the fourth day the trip up Mt Kilimanjaro became extremely painful Painful things have been a regular part of the 26 year old Maynards life At birth his arms ended at the elbows and his legs ended near the knees and challenges were always an everyday occurrence It took a long time to learn to dress myself he said The first time I had to learn to do easy things like putting on my socks He met that challenge the first time with the help of a paper clip Challenges can make us better For example he wanted to play football so after pushing the issue the coach of his team found a place for him on the defensive line No one gets lower than I do he said Maynard explained how on the first play from scrimmage that he managed to bring down the opponents running back Continued on page 18 16 December 2012 Pest Management Professional www mypmp net
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