{"id":13168,"date":"2013-02-04T07:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T14:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=13168"},"modified":"2013-02-04T10:00:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T17:00:33","slug":"everest-2013-interview-with-rob-marshall-us-air-force-7-summits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/04\/everest-2013-interview-with-rob-marshall-us-air-force-7-summits\/","title":{"rendered":"Everest 2013: Interview with Rob Marshall – US Air Force 7 Summits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This interview with Rob Marshall is one of an ongoing series I do each season with Everest climbers. Not the famous, <\/a> sponsored ones who get plenty of publicity but the regular people, who often have full time jobs, full time families and climb for the love of the climb. I welcome suggestions for anyone\u00a0climbing\u00a0in 2013 I should interview. Now here’s Rob:<\/p>\n

I first met Major Rob Marshall at the airport in Puenta Arenas on my climb of Antarctica’s highest mountain, Mt. Vinson. Major Marshal and Capitan Graydon Muller told me they wanted to do push-ups on the summit.<\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks, I got to know, respect and admire these men. You see they were not just out climbing mountains, they were setting records, making a difference and touching the lives of military personal around the world.<\/p>\n

After a series of life changing events, Rob set a goal to climb the 7 Summits with his Air Force buddies to honor the fallen. And they are, raising $60,000 for military charities in the process thus far.<\/p>\n

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With a successful summit of Everest, the group would make history as the first military team to climb each continent\u2019s highest mountain and the first United States military team to summit Everest.<\/p>\n

The Everest team includes:<\/p>\n

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  • Maj. Rob Marshall, 34, a V-22 Osprey pilot, from Mercer Island, Wash., stationed in Amarillo, Texas<\/li>\n
  • Capt. Andrew Ackles, 29, a TH-1N instructor pilot, from Ashland, Ore., stationed at Fort Rucker, Ala.<\/li>\n
  • Capt. Marshall Klitzke, 30, a KC-135R pilot from Lemmon, S.D., currently an instructor pilot at the Air Force Academy in Colorado springs.<\/li>\n
  • Capt. Colin Merrin, 28, a GPS satellite operations mission commander from Santee, Calif., stationed at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.<\/li>\n
  • Staff Sgt. Nick Gibson, 36, a reserve pararescueman and physician-assistant student from Gulf Breeze, Fla., stationed at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.<\/li>\n
  • Captain Kyle Martin, 29, an F-16 instructor pilot and mission commander from Manhattan, Kan., currently flying T-38s at Langley Air Force Base, Va.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Oh, and about those push-ups in Antarctica:<\/p>\n