Helpmeclimb

Helpmeclimb Please support my page as I continue to overcome obstacles following a military injury, while I hope to inspire/motivate others. I don't quit!

My name is Rob from New Jersey, and after serving for 12 years in the United States Army Reserve and National Guard, I sustained a serious back injury while on active duty in December 2009. I've endured three surgeries, the latter two causing further damage to my spine and nerves. Currently, I suffer from pain in my lower back radiating down to my feet all day, every day. Additionally I have parti

al paralysis in both of my legs, causing the sensation of my feet burning as though I'm walking on hot coals at all times. This will never go away, and further degeneration is a very real possibility. Nonetheless, I'm a survivor and fighter. I've been told by my doctors that lifting anything greater than 5 lbs, or walking further than 500 feet is "unlikely". I've even been approved for handicap tags on my car...a strange thing for an otherwise healthy 30-something year old. I've come a long way from there. It's now been a few years and an uphill battle-literally. Now a Wounded Warrior, I've been unable to return to my job as a full-time EMT with the Fire Department, and turned to the far less demanding field of photography, while furthering my education. My friends and family have been incredibly supportive of this, and their encouragement is quite realized. I decided on a challenge that would help me to surpass my personal and mental barriers and took on climbing up Middle Teton, making it up to 11,000 feet above the beautiful state of Wyoming. It was a task I took on alone, and was nothing short of life changing! I continue to tackle challenges both literally and figuratively.

2014: Middle Teton, WY
2015: Mount Minsi, PA & Mount Tammany, NJ
2016: Mount Washington, NH
2017: Mount Mitchell, NC
2018: TBD

GO ARMY!!

-Rob

Still climbing... Black Bear Mountain - Adirondacks Moose River Plains Wild ForestInlet, NY2,448’
06/01/2020

Still climbing...

Black Bear Mountain - Adirondacks
Moose River Plains Wild Forest
Inlet, NY
2,448’

12/06/2019

The design is meant to elicit feelings of growth, healing, and hope.

08/31/2019
03/17/2019

His last run took three years. He expects this one will take a little longer.

I realize I'm quite late to post this, but thank you to Syracuse University for asking that I lay the commemorative wrea...
12/10/2018

I realize I'm quite late to post this, but thank you to Syracuse University for asking that I lay the commemorative wreath on Veterans Day this year.

10/13/2018
10/10/2018
08/02/2018

Ronin is heartbroken that his dad won’t be home from deployment for his birthday. But dad would never, ever miss his little guy’s birthday.

07/25/2018

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Inlet, NY
13360

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