by Wendy Westbrook | Nov 10, 2015 | Amazing Stories, Challenge News, General Communications, Inspiration, Media, Video
Traversing a glacier is no small feat. Our team pushes themselves to accomplish the mission even though the river might be higher than expected, or the pain gets pretty bad. They all pushed through and made a difference for themselves and others.
by Wendy Westbrook | Mar 31, 2015 | Challenge Information, Challenge News, In the News
TARPON SPRINGS (FOX 13) – A special team of wounded veterans has notched another achievement. Members of the Combat Wounded Veterans Challenge reached the summit of Aconcagua, one of the highest mountains in the world. “It was a desert-type climate and it...
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 Wendy Westbrook | Oct 3, 2014 | Challenge Information, Challenge News
Where is Aconcagua? According to Wikipedia, “Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Western and Southern Hemispheres at 6,960.8 metres (22,837 ft). It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, and lies 112 kilometres...
by Wendy Westbrook | Jan 19, 2013 | Challenge News, Media
As reported by Howard Altman, Tampa Tribune Dan Swank lies down on a big ottoman in the living room of a waterfront estate and rolls up his pants. “I’m nervous,” he says as a St. Petersburg College graduate student measures the stump of his right...
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