A year ago, Ethan Polson of Ankeny made a New Year’s commitment to do a back flip each day of 2012 and document the journey through video…Some of the February flips were done at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., where he spent five weeks undergoing radiation treatments. “I think a lot of my unique shots were at the Mayo Clinic in front of the Mayo brothers’ statue and other artistic places,” Polson said.

Des Moines Register by Sara Sleyster

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