The Heroes Project’s mission helps empower USMC Corporal Kionte Storey to reach the summit of 16,050-foot Mt. Vinson with one less limb than the rest of us and while dealing with triumph and tragedy on the world’s coldest continent.

The Heroes Project lands in Antarctica with a goal of empowering USMC corporal Kionte Storey in his mission to reach the summit of Antarctica’s Vinson Massif.

Tim Wayne Medvetz, The Heroes Project and injured USMC corporal Kionte Storey train for an expedition to climb Mt. Vinson in Antarctica.

Double-amputee and injured war vet Mark Zambon climbed his way to the top of Africa’s highest peak with character, fortitude and the assistance of the Heroes Project. This is the final report on the Operation Kilimanjaro climb.

This climbing season Eddie Bauer First Ascent will once again partner with the Heroes Project, sponsoring an expedition to guide injured war vet, former EOD technician and double amputee Mark Zambon up Mt. Kilimanjaro via the challenging Lemosho-Whiskey route. In the first in a series of reports on the Killi Climb, Medvetz gives us the backstory in his own unfiltered words.