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Okay. When I do you pops guts the
nation's climbing the highest

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natural point in every state it began
as an international tracked

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then went to buy a stake as a way
of keeping our air force athletes

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in peak condition tech's arden.
Nicholas kurtz reports.

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Back in 2005 a group of ehrman
independently set out to make

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the air force the first military organization
to climb the highest

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peak on each content of feet known
as the seven summits it started

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as a way to honor fallen comrades
and ended up promoted come

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pottery and a spree decor about
us care for across the globe.

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Eight years later the ehrman tackled.
The final bow pose for

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this photo near the top of the airports.

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But seven summits was that the
now here forces going for fade

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from the airport that the summit
a kind of wrong from the seven

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from the idea a basically fairly picking
your when the top the us.

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And With the reinforce camaraderie
living here for a resiliency

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by in people all focused on a challenge
in a bowl and ending

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up to do something together the
journey of this the summit's

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begins with a single hike to kicked off
them out nearing marathon there.

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But met up with the air force memorial
to climb to the highest

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point in watching to be seat which
is of much of a climate all

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really it's only 409 feet above
sea level. Not even this fall

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was awash on.

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What occurred that excursion through
some of america's greatest

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military landmarks is still pretty
cool one or even broke the

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doctor winter is the kind of commemorate
the the memories of

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the the going for a.

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Handed kind of get a good kicked
off a for the at the summit.

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The group treated just like a real
clot finishing as a team that

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even posing with flags at the summit
so as a um printout the

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wrist and therefore.

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That's right where we've managed to
do it without oxygen with them.

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The sounding for me and the the that
tonight knows that and being

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that there be a really weighed
than you and your physical me

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and then I'm your your spare.

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And I really needed that I felt
like I comply something today.

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It it makes you feel about
or the iphone is back.

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Pockets of them feel better.

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Now with the DC kick of climb round
of the groups invited all

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year that the Jordan before.

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Check out USA at 50 summits dot
com in bill Klein door stick

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for the organize what yourself.

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They've been in there was gonna
happen I and every 50 they and

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it's not gonna be.

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I'm like of the top.

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Make it challenge in the
fate of your would.

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Make it from.

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Here out of a couple.

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Tech sargent ago was perks
washington d.c...