An expert climbing trainer had just warned his wife to be careful on their icy driveway. Then he walked out and promptly slipped himself.
After falling on the icy patch in February, Bill Walford found himself literally grounded.
He couldn't stand up straight and could barely move his legs to walk.
An administrator at Hill Air Force Base and former Marine. Walford had stayed in shape teaching wall climbing on base, climbing an average of 1,500 vertical feet per week.