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Keegan Byrnes, an instructor with Disabled Sports USA Far West pushes Clara Valdes, 20, up a small hill during her first experience on a mono ski at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Valdes of Petaluma, who was a Navy aviation electrician who worked on helicopters severely injured her knee while participating in a military exercise in March of 2011. Service men and woman injured while on duty spend four days learning to ski in Tahoe. Service men and woman injured in the line of duty spend four days learning to ski in Tahoe during an event sponsored by Disabled Sports USA Far West. -
David Nicholson, 57, of Tampa, Fl., seated on a mono ski, heads toward the chairlift at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Nicholson lost his both legs above his knees when he was hit by a 107mm rocket inside his base in Afghanistan in April 2011. -
Steve Martin, 43, of Phoenix, AZ. skis at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Martin, an Army veteran, was working for the state department when his Humvee was hit by an IED on September 24, 2008 severely injuring his legs which had to be amputated below the knees in 2009. -
Clara Valdes, 20, plays in the snow while a Disabled Sports USA Far West volunteer helps her with her snowboard which she tried before a mono ski. -
Iraq veteran Charles Mays, 38, of Meansville, Ga. heads toward the chairlift while seated on his mono ski at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. The military vehicle Mays was riding in on September 1, 2005 was hit by an IED which ejected the army soldier severely injuring his spinal cord. -
Iraq veteran Charles Mays, 38, of Meansville, Ga. rides a chairlift while seated on his mono ski at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. -
Keegan Byrnes, an instructor with Disabled Sports USA Far West helps Clara Valdes, 20, with her first experience on a mono ski at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Valdes of Petaluma, who was a Navy aviation electrician who worked on helicopters severely injured her knee while participating in a military exercise in March of 2011. Service men and woman injured in the line of duty spend four days learning to ski in Tahoe during an event sponsored by Disabled Sports USA Far West. -
Keegan Byrnes helps Clara Valdes, 20, right herself during her first experience on a mono ski at Alpine Meadows on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. -
57-year-old David Nicholson of Tampa, Fl., seated on a mono ski, heads down a gradual decline at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Nicholson lost his legs above the knees when he was hit by a 107mm rocket inside his base in Afghanistan in April 2011. -
Steve Martin, 43, of Phoenix, AZ. makes his way up an incline at Alpine Meadows ski resort on Wednesday, April 3, 2013. Martin, an Army veteran, was working for the state department when his Humvee was hit by an IED on September 24, 2008 severely injuring his legs which had to be amputated below the knees in 2009. Service men and woman injured in the line of duty spend four days learning to ski in Tahoe during an event sponsored by Disabled Sports USA Far West.
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