One of the few shows I watch on TV started back up for the fall season tonight. That show is none other than the Amazing Race on CBS. For those of you who do not know, the Amazing Race is a race around the world between 12 teams from all walks of life. Along the way they have to complete tasks and overcome challenges. Every week is very interesting because it is always in a different part of the world with new tasks and challenges.

This season the producers of the show have become very politically correct which disappoints me. They have tried to be as inclusive as possible; they have various faiths, nationalities, races, and have course the hick Americans from Kentucky. The only traditional American team on the show is depicted as the blue collar Americans from Kentucky. Oh well, I guess that is how the networks view every day Americans. Ok, on to the point of this post.

The reason I mention this show tonight is because one of the teams, Peter and Sarah. They showed an unbelievable amount of passion tonight in this first episode. The teams were in Beijing China at the Great Wall of China. Their task was to scale a very tall wall using a rope and pulley system. Sarah the women with the prosthetic leg, had to climb up the wall just like everyone else. That wouldn’t be so hard for someone in relatively good shape and using both legs, but for someone with a prosthetic leg it could be a bit more challenging. She showed a great deal of passion tonight by scaling up that wall faster than nearly every other team. She started off slow but once she figured it out I was amazed at how fast she actually went. Her team finished third for this leg of the race out of the 11 that are left.

I have not been born with any physical disabilities and nor do I know anyone who has. However, if I did have a disability like this I hope that I would have as much courage and passion as this women Sarah does. Great job Sarah!