Amped: A Soldier's Race for Gold in the Shadow of War | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kortney Clemons, Bill Briggs
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 325655
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0470281375
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.42092
EAN: 9780470281376
ASIN: 0470281375
Publication Date: June 30, 2008
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"When above-the-knee amputeeswalk, we generate seven to nine times the force of our body weight right into the point where the prosthesis meets our residual leg. For me, that's almost 1,500 pounds slamming into that socket."
For any amputee, learning to walk with a prosthetic leg is a painful, grueling ordeal. Soon after army medic Kortney Clemons, who lost his right leg to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, began the process, he had more than walking in mind. He wanted to run, and run fast. Barely three years after the awful attack that changed his life forever, he aimed to join the elite corps of international athletes vying for gold in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. His account of his recovery from this catastrophic wound and his drive to become the first Iraq veteran to win Paralympic gold is one of the most remarkable, inspiring, and compelling stories in the history of sports.
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BANDITS! November 15, 2008
I had the honor of serving in the same Platoon in Iraq with this fine Soldier. The one thing that I will never ever forget is the way he never, no matter what the circumstance had a negative thing to say about anybody or anything. His religious convictions and utter faith in God was an inspiration to everyone who had the honor to serve with him. He fails to mention in here on the same night of the innocent mans death in March 04' he was sent to guide a HMMV carrying two wounded soldiers through the dark night and dangerous Baghdad Streets alone to the Green Zone to guide this lost HMMV to safety, undoubtedly saving their lives. I love the man you are SGT. C. BANDITS!!!
Evan Ellis
Compelling story with brilliant context September 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kortney's story is a compelling and fascinating read on its own. He exhibits honesty not only to his challenges but as to his successes and failures. One is left with a profound admiration for his life and lessons learned on a path that no one would voluntarily chose.
What really made the book "pop" for me was the brilliant contextual writing that Bill Briggs wraps around Kortney's story. From the political turmoil of small town Mississippi, to often sobering ironic timing of Kortney's rehab with the politics of this war, to the history of the Para Olympics, to the intricacies of mechanical knees and legs, all add immensely to the reading experience.
amped August 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good, very good! It's an amazing story and I think it's important to know it in particular now because of Paralympics in Bejing.
Brookslee34 July 31, 2008
This book is a wonderful read and it lets the world know what those close to Kortney already know.
LTD July 21, 2008
Received this item very quickly. Wonderful book! I met Kortney this weekend at a memorial motorcycle ride--what an amazing individual that has risen above! I look forward to reading the rest of the book!
RIP Dave!
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