{"id":82406,"date":"2018-10-19T12:50:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82406"},"modified":"2018-10-19T12:33:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T16:33:57","slug":"vet-climbs-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82406","title":{"rendered":"Vet Climbs Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I saw this on one of the military online blogs and thought it might make a truly nice Feel Good story. \u00a0(No, that is not Kilimanjaro, but I needed a mountain.)<\/p>\n

This soldier, SGT Adam Keys, who lost three limbs in Afghanistan to a truck bomb, \u00a0did the strenuous climb to the top of Kilimanjaro on prosthetic legs, and has future plans for more things to keep himself busy. \u00a0This story speaks for itself. There is a link to a video included in the article. He left his Purple Heart medal at the summit of Kilimanjaro.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/10\/13\/afghanistan-war-veteran-climbs-mt-kilimanjaro-prosthetic-legs.html<\/a><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a 19,000++ foot climb, and there are plenty of guides and assistants, and they provide food, plenty of water, and shelter for climbers. There is also sunburn the higher you go, and the possibility of altitude sickness when you near the summit, if you aren\u2019t used to heights, but the view from up there is beyond spectacular. My niece did the climb last year, got sunburnt, found herself freezing in the cold, but made it to one of the peaks, and developed altitude sickness while she was there and had to descend.<\/p>\n

That he made it to the peak on prosthetic legs is, by itself, a huge feat. Kudos to SGT Keys and may he never run out of places to run or mountains to climb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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