In the summer of 2025, a father and son set out to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. By the time they came back down, they had the blueprint for an entirely new kind of recovery device.
Six days, four biomes, and one idea that wouldn't let go: what if the pole in your hand could do more?
Waypoint 01 · 5,895 m · Uhuru Peak
Robert Bezner and his son Ethan set out to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro. Over six days — up to the peak and back down to base camp — they leaned on their trekking poles every single step of the way.
Summited June 2025Waypoint 02 · On the descent
Somewhere on the way down, the conversation turned. What if a trekking pole could do more? They talked through the growing need for canes, crutches, and recovery poles — the tools millions reach for after a sports injury — and how little those tools had actually evolved.
Waypoint 03 · Back home in Texas
They filed a patent application, started building the first prototype, and founded Able Physics™ — bringing modular, well-engineered durable medical equipment to life from a single shared foundation.
Waypoint 04 · Courtside
As avid pickleball players who'd watched too many friends get sidelined, they knew exactly who they wanted to reach first. So they built Pickle Cane™ — so players can recover, stay in their community, and keep moving on and off the court.
Inventor of the Able Physics™ Modular Recovery System and the driving force behind turning a mountainside idea into a re-imagined path to recovery.
University of Georgia, Behavioral Sciences / Health Promotion — the spark behind the climb and the question that became the Pickle Cane™.
Pickleball is a lifestyle. No one wants to be benched.
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