In 2010, five years after a near-fatal brain stem stroke left Geoff Babb in a wheelchair with only limited use of one hand, the future AdvenChair creator would chat with Dale Neubauer on a soccer field in Bend, Oregon. While their kids played, Geoff was already talking about modifying his wheelchair to be a more rugged, all-terrain chair, and Dale was growing a company specializing in high-quality aviation workstands.

Fast forward to a challenging Grand Canyon adventure—when the prototype broke down, Geoff knew it was time to bring in some serious expertise. In 2017, Jack Arnold, a designer at HeliLadder, came into the AdvenChair picture. Thanks to the collaborative spirit of Dale and Susie Neubauer at HeliLadder, by 2021, the first production run of AdvenChairs rolled out of the HeliLadder headquarters–built for adventure and ready to take on the toughest trails.