{"id":14332,"date":"2016-04-11T14:30:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=14332"},"modified":"2016-04-11T14:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:30:40","slug":"profiles-in-courage-two-veterans-embark-on-mission-to-be-the-first-amputees-to-climb-mount-everest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/11\/profiles-in-courage-two-veterans-embark-on-mission-to-be-the-first-amputees-to-climb-mount-everest\/","title":{"rendered":"Profiles in Courage: Two Veterans Embark on Mission to be the First Amputees To Climb Mount Everest"},"content":{"rendered":"
These two awesome Spartans make me proud to be a Veteran. They are proving to all of us, disabled or not, that the LIMITS we choose to put on ourselves are of our own making and are MENTAL, NOT PHYSICAL. -SF<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Two veterans who lost limbs in the Global War on Terror set off to become the first combat amputees to the reach the top of the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Two United States military veterans, Chad Jukes and Charlie Linville, are attempting to make history by being the first combat amputees to climb Everest.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Jukes was serving as a an Army staff sergeant in Iraq when he lost part of his right leg to a roadside bomb, reports USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When Lenville was deployed to Afghanistan in January 2011 as a Marine explosive ordnance disposal technician, he stepped on a buried explosive device. His right leg was amputated below the knee after a number of surgeries.<\/p>\n

Although both veterans are climbing with different groups, their motivations are similar and both have become skilled mountain climbers in the years following their injuries. Linville is making his third attempt to reach the top of Everest, and Jukes has climbed mountains from Yosemite, California, and Ecuador, to the Himalayas.<\/p>\n

The two veterans are climbing with separate parties and have different sponsors, but will be taking the same northern route, which features a daunting final approach to the top. The climbers will be at above 26,000 feet for 24 hours as they struggle to reach the peak of the world\u2019s highest mountain.<\/p>\n

According to a Facebook post by his climb\u2019s sponsor USX<\/a>, Jukes left on April 7.<\/p>\n

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Linville left for Nepal around the same time, and has since arrived in Kathmandu, the capital. He is expected to arrive in Lhasa, Tibet, on April 11. In an email to Task & Purpose, Zach Rosenfield, a spokesperson for Linville\u2019s sponsor, The Heroes Project<\/a>, explained that Linville would then travel to Mount Everest\u2019s base camp for his climb.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThere is a pressure to show the world that I can climb Mount Everest,\u201d Jukes, 31, told USA Today. \u201cTo say, \u2018I have one leg, but I can climb Mount Everest. I have PTSD, but can climb Mount Everest. I have a traumatic brain injury, but I can climb Mount Everest.’\u201d<\/div>\n

The motivation for 30-year-old Linville is similar. He hopes climbing the world\u2019s highest mountain will put an end to misplaced pity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got hurt, people were sweet, but at the same time, they pitied me. I can take the staring and I can take the pointing, but I can\u2019t take people feeling sorry for me,\u201d Linville said in an interview with People Magazine. <\/a>\u201cSo to get on one of these mountains and to accomplish something most able-bodied people can\u2019t, it would be like vanquishing that demon that was left behind by the war.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the Original Article at Task and Purpose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please Look Into Supporting The Heroes Project<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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