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On September 2nd, 2014 a group of adaptive athletes set out for a week of climbing and mountaineering in Grand Teton National Park. After two days of multi-pitch climbing training, their goal was to reach the summit of the Grand Teton on September 6th. The team, which includes freeskier Vasu Sojitra, 25-time Ironman and paralympian Jeff Glasbrenner, and climbers Chad Jukes, Jon Sedor, and Dan Boozan are the first group of civilian adaptive athletes to attempt climbing the Grand Teton and will include the first ever summit by a leg amputee on crutches by below the hip amputee Vasu Sojitra. The climb begins with a 7 mile, 5,000 foot elevation change hike to the Lower Saddle between the Middle and Grand Teton, where the team will spend the night before setting out at 4am to climb to the summit of the Grand. Facing patches of ice and high winds in the rugged alpine terrain, the team is led by Exum Mountain Guides and international mountain guide Danika Gilbert over the Upper Exum Ridge towards the Summit of the Grand. The entire team summited the 13,775 ft Grand Teton at 11am on September 6th, 2014. (Mezinárodní festival outdoorových filmů)
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