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Soldiers to the Summit at Snowbird provided injured veterans with an opportunity
to try winter sports. Kimberly Warpinski photograph.

an opportunity for injured veterans to learn and experience winter
snow sports such as skiing and snowboarding.
The summer of 2012 also saw the return of the Sea to Shining Sea
cross-country bicycle ride with disabled veterans from our nation’s
military. Sponsored by State Farm, the ride traveled a distance of
nearly 4,000 miles in two months. A team of 14 disabled veterans
participated in the ride, using hand cycles, recumbent bicycles,
tandems and standard touring bicycles. Participating veterans included
individuals with blindness and lost limbs, as well as veterans with
PTSD and TBI. Leaving San Francisco Bay on May 28, the team rode
through snow showers in the high Nevada desert, across the
Continental Divide in Colorado, into record heat in the American

A commemorative book celebrated the successful 2012 Sea to Shining Sea
ride. World T.E.A.M. Sports archive photograph.