Amputee war vets conquer mountain

By JASON STRAZIUSO - AP --The three American war veterans from three different wars had only one good leg among them. But that didn't stop them from summiting Africa's highest mountain.
The three soldiers - veterans of Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam - scrambled, clawed and plodded to the top of Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, hiking up the domed mountain's scree-filled paths on one human leg and five prosthetics made of titanium and carbon fiber.
They skidded. They fell. They removed their legs to adjust their shoes. And after six days of climbing they stood at 5895 metres (19,340 feet) - Africa's highest point.
"The message we're trying to send back ... is no matter what disability you have you can be active," said Kirk Bauer, the executive director of Disabled Sports USA and a 62-year-old Vietnam veteran who lost his leg in 1969. Bauer, of Ellicott City, Maryland, was one of the triumphant climbers...http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/4016665/Amputee-war-vets-conquer-mountain