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- A group of amputee-athletes are attempting to climb Cotopaxi, one of South America’s toughest peaks.
- They’re traveling with the Range of Motion Project, a nonprofit that helps amputees climb mountains around the world.
- The nonprofit is hoping to raise $ 100,000 to provide 100 prosthetic limbs to those need.
On Saturday, a group of amputee-athletes are hoping to summit Cotopaxi, a 19,347-foot tall, heavily glaciated stratovolcano that’s also Ecuador’s second highest mountain.
It’s one of the most famous — and challenging — peaks in the South American climbing circuit. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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