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Veteran amputee climbing Everest

Kirstie Ennis is a veteran amputee turned mountaineer who is currently on a rapid ascent redemption climb of Everest to complete her Climbing For A Cause- Seven Summits expeditions. 

U.S. Marine Sergeant Kirstie Ennis was serving as a helicopter door gunner on her second deployment to Afghanistan and her helicopter crashed. Due to her injuries, Ennis was forced into a medical retirement and in need of a new mission. In the early stages of her…