Montana based Camp Patriot recently sent me some photos taken from their 2008 MT Rainier Summit Climb. Three able vets made it to the summit and while the pics below can’t possibly replace being there, it’s clear that this was no cake walk!

For information on Camp Patriot and their great cause visit: Camp Patriot and follow them on twitter at: twitter.com/camp_patriot

Here are a few of the pictures of the group from last year’s summit climb which included country music recording artist Keni Thomas and CNN Senior reporter Alex Quade. The able veterans included; Ryan Job, Joey Martinez, and Chad Jukes.

Ryan is a former navy seal who was shot by a sniper in iraq that cause permanant blindness. He is also Camp Patriot spokesperson.I found this amazing account of Ryan’s incident on Blackfive.net: Navy Seal Ryan Job

Joey is former marine recon who has partial blindness after he was shot in Iraq. I found this article covering the 2008 ascent of Rainier by Joey, Chad, and Ryan: Bravery, determination on ascent of Rainier

Chad is a former army Transportation SGT whose convoy was ambushed in Iraq leading to his injury resulting in him being an amputee below the knee. Here’s an article about the incident that left Chad injured: Climb back into life

Clearly these men are all patriots and quite able veterans. While this climb was no doubt arranged for them, it probably does more for people like me who are inspired by their unshaken positive attitude and willingness to push on despite their injuries sustained while serving us.

With respect.