Wounded Veteran Athletes Overcome Disabilities to Compete in Extreme Outdoor Challenge
For three rugged days beginning Friday, June 25, nine teams of five athletes—three able-bodied and two disabled athletes, many of .
whom are wounded veterans will compete in the fourth annual “Adventure TEAM Challenge,” hosted by World T.E.A.M. Sports in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.
The Adventure TEAM Challenge incorporates rafting, hiking, climbing and biking under adverse conditions.Conceived by Erik Weihenmayer, the first visually impaired individual to climb Mt. Everest.
The event kicks off Friday morning, June 25, with the teams rafting the unpredictable waters of the Arkansas River, surrounded by towering 14,000-foot peaks of the Sawatch Mountain Range.
The following two days will take the athletes deep in the remote Rocky Mountain range south of Leadville, Colo., where they will hike.
And climb dramatic peaks and bike through beautiful alpine meadows before completing the race on Sunday, June 27, 2010.
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