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Thigh and that was the moment when i went, okay, shes going to need to be shaken up. >> he approached me with the idea of climbing the hardest of the seven summits, carsons pyramid. we oftentimes joke because his first big mountain was everett. >> 2001, riding my harley, boom. next thing i knew i was in a trauma center. my vehicle for recovery was mountain climbing, 2009. watching television and this veteran got up and burned beyond recognition and it was like this light bulb hit. im not going t...

This is so exciting to share this with you. cnn asked several of our anchors to feature an organization that really inspires us, challenges us and changes us, and i knew instantly who i wanted to interview, the heros project. this is this awesome organization that combines several of my passions, mountain climbing, helping our nations veterans and just being a bad ass. the heroos project founder features vets who come home facing amputation and ask them from their hospital bed if they want to go...

Her leg above the knee, and i left this project in awe, inspired and hoping you, too, can see how we should all get comfortable with being uncomfortable. >> all i was going to do is help one vet out, climb one mountain with a vet. >> this is called cyclops. >> hes one of those interviews that ive never forgotten. >> congratulations. >> yes. >> thank you. >> amazing. >> cnn came to me and said, brooke, you need to feel an organization that you feel really passionately about. the heros project was...

You. >> thank you. that means a lot to me. these are things im doing for the first time all over again with one leg, and to be able to share that with you, thats extremely meaningful to me. >> when you said you have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable, and i love that. put one foot in front. other and get the [ no audio ] up a mountain. >> absolutely. >> how do we get down? >> i just want to give a huge, huge schutte shout-out to the heros project, to my friends tim and kirsty. they will be...