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August 12, 2010 | Three US amputee veterans climb Africa's tallest peak Mt Kilimanjaro | London: Three US amputee veterans have climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, enduring tumbles and sores. According to the BBC, only one of the three has a good leg. The veterans - of Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq - climbed to the top of the 5,891m (19,330ft)
high Tanzanian mountain in six days to show that disability need not lead to inactivity.
The trip typically takes three or four days, but the men had to stop frequently
to adjust their titanium prosthetic legs, as they slipped constantly on the loose
scree-covered paths. The hikers were Dan Nevins, 37, who lost his legs in Iraq
; Neil Duncan, 26, who lost both legs in a roadside bomb attack in Afghanistan
in 2005; and Kirk Bauer, 62, who lost a leg in Vietnam in 1969. Duncan of Colorado
was the youngest of the trio. "If three amputees from three different wars and
two different generations with literally one good leg can climb Kilimanjaro, our
other disabled friends can get out and go hiking or go biking or swim a mile,
can get out and lead a healthy life," Bauer was quoted, as saying. Bauer is executive
director of Disabled Sports USA, a Washington DC-area organisation that promotes
physical fitness and sport participation for individuals with disabilities. |
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