sacrifice themselves on the basic principle that we should live free. while the cause is the same everyone has a different reason for serving. maybe they are following in their father s footsteps or felt a calling after the terrorists tore down the twin towers. for me it was a patriotic parade or a series of them in a small town. motherly day and fourth of july parades in a tiny town in southern minnesota where my parents grew up. the whole town lined up on the tree sign side of the main street waiting for the veterans to walk by and when they came older vets and younger vets, crowd clapped and saluted. the reverence that town had for the veterans made me say, wow, those men really did something special. something bigger than this town. something bigger than themselves. these men were willing to put on a uniform and face danger for me, a kid they never met. it was just a handful of veterans, from one town. but every town in america gave men like that. out of sheer patriotism
You know, some altitude changes as well. it will be grueling, but it s for a good cause, and, i like a challenge. sean: you lost your sight. you also lost your hearing after the injury but due to complications with the injury. what does that do for running or even going up an altitude? when i lost my hearing not only di lose the ability to communicate, all of my visual accessibility aids were muted. rendered inoperable. i also lost my inner ear sense of balance. so just getting on the treadmill was dangerous enough, but it took a long time to recover my sense of balance and start running again. amazing. nate, i don t think you re going to run 135 miles but i know you do a trip to africa almost every