Charlie Linville accomplished a feat few people can claim on Thursday when he successfully summited Mount Everest. Even more miraculously, however, he became the first combat-wounded veteran to reach the 29,029-foot peak, after losing his leg in Afghanistan in 2011. Linville, a Marine Corps veteran from Boise, Idaho, was climbing with Nat Geo’s “Going Wild” host Tim Medvetz, who is also founder of the Heroes Project. Also Read: 'Into Thin Air' Author Jon Krakauer Rips 'Everest' Movie: 'It's Total Bull' With support from founding partners Equinox and Chrome Hearts, the grassroots veterans’ organization based in Los Angeles, California,...
- 5/20/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
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