Showing posts with label Bravery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bravery. Show all posts

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Mount Kilimanjaro- Himalayan task

Three US amputee vetrans climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, enduring fumbles and sores to reach Africa's highest peak with only one good leg among them. The vetrans of Vietnam,Afganistan and Iraq hiked to the top of the 5891 m high Tanzanian mountain in 6 days to show that disability need not lead to in-activity. The hikers were Dan Nevins 37,who lost his legs in Iraq; Neil Duncan 26,who lost both the legs in a roadside bomb attack in Afganistan in 2005 and Kirk Bauer 62,who lost a leg in Vietnam in 1969.