Lt. Col. Marc Hoffmeister
On a recent DoDLive Bloggers Roundtable, U.S. Army Wounded Warrior Lt. Col. Marc Hoffmeister, recently named by National Geographic as one of their “Adventurers of the Year” discussed his journey from being severely injured in Iraq to successfully climbing Mount McKinley (also known as Denali) as part of Operation Denali.
Hoffmeister was the team leader of a group of wounded warriors who set out to climb the 20,320-foot summit in order to symbolize their strength and perseverance over adversity.
On June 16, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. local time, Hoffmeister and two other soldiers successfully reached the summit. In April 2007, Hoffmeister was severely injured while serving in Iraq when an IED outside of Al Hillah blew up his humvee. Hoffmeister was evacuated to Germany and then back to the U.S. where he had eight surgeries on his arm and endured months of painful rehabilitation.
To listen to the audio podcast, click here.
To read the transcript, click here.
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