oneteamcf PURPLE HEART SUMMITS - Single kidney 7 summits

mission accomplished!!!

Why we started oneteamcf purple heart summits

Back in 2006, 'The Warrior Tours' rebranded to ‘American300’ and now operating under the banner of ‘ONETEAM Colgan Foundation’ started providing resiliency minded mentors to our Department of Defense in an effort to improve individual and unit resiliency.  Along the way and over the years the nonprofit’s stable of mentors grew. One new mentor, U.S. Army Cavalry Scout Staff Sergeant Benjamin Breckheimer, a total limb salvage survivor from a IED attack in Afghanistan shared his resilient life story of how climbing mountains was a big part of his recovery process on several trips with Rob. Then one day Rob turned to him and said: “Benjamin, we need to get you back into the mountains and together with Chris Klinke and others the “Purple Heart 7 Summits Project” was created.

The rest is history, three years later as Benjamin stood on top Denali, the final of his 7 Summits mountains he along with his ONETEAMCF support team became the first Purple Heart ( Combat Wounded Warrior ) to achieve the 7 Summits.

Showcased PHS Climbers -

Benjamin Breckheimer, pictured above along with fellow Purple Heart Summits climber Chhiring Dorje Sherpa on top of Everest. Today Benjamin is just one mountain ( Denali - USA ) away from becoming the first combat wounded climber to achieve the seven summits of the world.

Single Kidney 7 Summits - #1K7S - David “Dash” Ashley, USAF Colonel ret. joined the PHS program in 2018 as a mentor who uniquely is also a uniformed service member living organ donor. While serving in the USAF, Dave was notified that a fellow officer was in need of a life saving kidney transplant. Dave volunteered to donate and after months of match testing was selected as a donor. Today, ‘Dash’ and his friend are both doing great.

To prove that life doesn’t stop after living organ donation, Dash has set a goal of achieving the 7 summits of the world with his single kidney. The feat has never been done. He plans to work tirelessly throughout the journey educating the public on the vital need for living donations and that kidney donation doesn’t slow you down in life! Dash, further plans to do each climb with a fellow Purple Heart Summits mentor/climber. Follow Dash’s journey at: AdventureKidney.com #1K7S

ONETEAMCF's Purple Heart Summits - a way to keep our mentors participating in unique personal and team growth activities.

It's important to note that our mentors have shared and continue to share their personal stories of making the impossible - possible with fellow Service Members around the world. 

ONETEAMCF's Purple Heart Summits program is an opportunity on our part to keep mentors growing, becoming stronger... while allowing as many as possible to 'stand on top of their dreams’!

Purple Heart Summits is made possible through private donations - No federal funding is accepted!