HIGH FIVE #HIGHFIVESATHLETES Shay Hampton, Jim Kempner, Tyler Rollins, Travis Livingston, Phillip Quintana, Dennis Mankel, & Trey Humphrey FOR ACHIEVING THEIR 5TH ARCADE BELT Coin!
For participants who complete their second year of the Military to the Mountain program service, High Fives’ awards them with a 5 star arcade belt coin. Congratulations #highfivesathletes!
HIGH FIVE Shay Hampton!
UNITED STATES VETERAN SHAY HAMPTON WAS CHOSEN FROM THE RENO AREA TO TRAIN FOR 9-WEEKS WITH THE CITY OF RENO REC DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR A WEEK OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING AT SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS IN THE 2017 & 2018 MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAINS PROGRAM.
HIGH FIVE Jim Kempner!
UNITED STATES VETERAN JIM KEMPNER WAS CHOSEN FROM THE RENO AREA TO TRAIN FOR 9-WEEKS WITH THE CITY OF RENO REC DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR A WEEK OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING AT SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS IN THE 2017 & 2018 MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAINS PROGRAM.
HIGH FIVE Tyler Rollins!
TYLER ROLLINS, FROM BEARDEN, ARKANSAS WAS NINE AND A HALF MILES THROUGH THE 10 MILE TOUGH MUDDER RACE IN OKEMAH, OKLAHOMA, WHEN HE TRIED TO SLIDE THROUGH AN OBSTACLE. A FEW MOMENTS LATER, ROLLINS FOUND HIMSELF STUCK FACE DOWN IN WATER, UNABLE TO MOVE. WHEN HE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE WATER AND TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, ROLLINS WAS TOLD THAT HE HAD SUFFERED A CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY, AND THAT HE WOULD BE IN A WHEELCHAIR.
HIGH FIVE Travis Livingston!
UNITED STATES VETERAN TRAVIS LIVINGSTON WAS CHOSEN FROM THE DALLAS, TX AREA TO TRAIN FOR 9-WEEKS (LENGTH OF A TRADITIONAL BOOTCAMP) WITH THE ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION TO PREPARE FOR A WEEK OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING AT SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS IN THE 2017 & 2018 MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAIN PROGRAM.
HIGH FIVE Phillip Quintana!
UNITED STATES VETERAN TRAVIS LIVINGSTON WAS CHOSEN FROM THE DALLAS, TX AREA TO TRAIN FOR 9-WEEKS (LENGTH OF A TRADITIONAL BOOTCAMP) WITH THE ADAPTIVE TRAINING FOUNDATION TO PREPARE FOR A WEEK OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING AT SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS IN THE 2017 & 2018 MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAIN PROGRAM.
HIGH FIVE Dennis Mankel!
UNITED STATES VETERAN DENNIS MANKEL WAS CHOSEN FROM THE RENO AREA TO TRAIN FOR 9-WEEKS WITH THE CITY OF RENO REC DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE HIMSELF FOR A WEEK OF SKIING/SNOWBOARDING AT SQUAW VALLEY ALPINE MEADOWS IN THE 2017 & 2018 MILITARY TO THE MOUNTAINS PROGRAM.
HIGH FIVE Trey Humphrey!
ON NOV. 9, 2010, TREY HUMPHREY, WHO LIVES IN EAST RENO AND ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA FROM 2001-05 BEFORE JOINING THE MARINES, STEPPED ON AN IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WHILE HELPING A WOUNDED MARINE TO SAFETY. HUMPHREY WAS BLOWN HIGH INTO THE AIR, HIS RIGHT LEG EVISCERATED BELOW THE KNEE, BEFORE FALLING INTO THE CRATER OF THE EXPLOSION. AT THAT MOMENT, HIS WORLD BEGAN TO MOVE IN SLOW MOTION.
THE BELT PROGRAM, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A KARATE BELT SYSTEM, REWARDS HIGH FIVES ATHLETES WITH AN ARCADE BELT CONTAINING A NEW GOLD STAR FOR EACH MILESTONE ACHIEVED. THIS FRAMEWORK IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE CLARITY, SUPPORT, COMPETITION AND INSPIRATION FOR OTHERS AS THESE ATHLETES WORK TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES.
