Soldiers from Team 1, assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade
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Soldiers from Team 1, assigned to the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, on the Kahiltna Glacier Base Camp May 21, 2014. The Fairbanks-based team now begins the climb to the summit of Mount McKinley, which at 20,320 feet, is the tallest mountain in North America. Elevation at the base camp is 7,600 feet. These Soldiers will spend the next two to three weeks ascending over 13,000 feet in some of the toughest conditions in Alaska. The expedition will serve to validate training procedures used to maintain readiness for operating in austere, high-altitude, extreme cold-weather environments. This is the first of two USARAK teams that will participate in McKinley Expedition 2014. (Photo by Lt. Col. Alan Brown)
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