Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Heroes Project : Veterans day at Mt. Kilimanjaro

Congratulations!!!
Retired USMC Sgt. Julian Torres and Heroes Project founder Tim Medvetz conquered Mt. Kilimanjaro on Veterans day on 11/11/2015 according to CNN.

Rick G. and I met both of them on Mt. Baldy several weeks ago when they were training for Mt. Kilimanjaro. Tim expressed special thanks to WPSMB members for their support for "Climb for Heroes" project.

Congratulations to Sgt. Julian Torres and Tim.

Congratulations Sgt. Torres and Tim!

Congratulations Sergeant Torres and Tim. That's the Marine Corps spirit!
Semper Fi!

Thanks Shin for the update , as we talked during the store closing I hope Tim has another Hero's event this coming year, We had a great turn out and was able to meet several of the returning Hero's and spend the day with over 1000 people supporting the cause.

Congrats Julian & Tim......and all the Vets!!!

Here's the CNN link
http://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2015/11/11/veterans-climb-mt-kilimanjaro-baldwin-intv-nr.cnn