One mountain, one leg, three studs

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This is just awesome. When U.S. Army Sgt. Neil Duncan got taken apart in the highlands of Afghanistan in 2005 -- his vehicle ran over a buried explosive and it "blew up right under me" -- he really wasn't picturing life without his legs. Five years later, the double amputee is calling from a hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. His arms ache; so do his stumps. He and two other former soldiers, three men with one leg between them, have just come down from summiting 19,340-foot Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa. You read correctly: Three soldiers, one leg. Mountain climb.

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Posted Aug 11 2010, 09:43 AM by BLACKFIVE