Amputee Veterans Stand Up To Mount Kilimanjaro And Achieve Peak Condition -- Washington Post
When U.S. Army Sgt. Neil Duncan got taken apart in the highlands of Afghanistan in 2005 -- his vehicle ran over a buried explosive and it "blew up right under me" -- he really wasn't picturing life without his legs.
Five years later, the double amputee is calling from a hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. His arms ache; so do his stumps.
He and two other former soldiers, three men with one leg between them, have just come down from summiting 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. You read correctly: Three soldiers, one leg. Mountain climb.
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My Comment: I have climbed "hills" of about 3,000 - 4,000 feet .... and I 'died' doing it. But they did 19,000 feet. Wow.