by Wendy Westbrook | Feb 9, 2015 | Challenge News, In the News, Media
Howard Altman wrote a short bit about the Aconcagua challenge (you have to dig through the column so here’s what he wrote about us) I had the great pleasure Friday night of attending the send-off for the latest adventure from the Combat Wounded Veteran...
by Combat Wounded | Feb 9, 2015 | Challenge News
The CWVC team made it to the Confluencia camp last night, elevation 10,892’. The team is doing well and moving up to the base camp, Plaza de Mulas at 14,009 feet on schedule. Yesterday, part of the team stayed at the Confluencia camp and conducted a portion of the...
by Combat Wounded | Feb 9, 2015 | Challenge Information, Challenge News, Events
The team departed Mendoza Friday bound for Penitentes. The CWVC Aconcagua Challenge team spent the night at the ski resort at nearly 8500’ last night, so this move up by mini bus is an important acclimatization day and night for them. As you can see from the photos...
by Combat Wounded | Feb 7, 2015 | Challenge News, Inspiration
Last week, in the midst of preparing to ascend one of the 7 Summits of the World, our Challenge Warriors took some time off and traveled to the James A Haley VA Hospital. They were on a mission. This time it wasn’t about scaling the side of a mountain or trekking...
by Combat Wounded | Feb 6, 2015 | Challenge News
Here’s a quick report from Team CWVC to get everyone up-to-speed on the Aconcagua Summit Challenge. Sunday was the initial travel day with some unfortunate results. It was a rough travel start for our team, according to Pete Quintanilla, Team Leader… Four hour delay...
by Combat Wounded | Jan 28, 2015 | Challenge Information, Challenge News, In the News
As our Aconcagua Summit Team readies for the climb, WTVT-TV’s anchor, Lloyd Sowers, stopped by to interview the CWVC Challenge Warriors and learn what it takes to make the ascent. Looking forward to seeing the story in February while the team is in Argentina. ...
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