▁the ▁military , ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁clim b ▁the ▁ 2 0 , 0 7 5 ▁peak ▁of ▁Lob uche ▁East , ▁just ▁ 8 . 7 ▁miles ▁from ▁Mount ▁Ever est . ▁The ▁expedition , ▁known ▁as ▁“ S old iers ▁to ▁the ▁Sum mit ” ▁proved ▁yet ▁again ▁that ▁returning ▁v ets ▁can ▁overcome ▁any ▁challenge . ▁Em my - win ning ▁director ▁Michael ▁Brown , ▁who ▁fil med ▁Wei hen m ayer ʼ s ▁historic ▁sum mit ▁ten ▁years ▁earlier , ▁joined ▁the ▁group ▁to ▁film ▁this ▁da un ting ▁clim b . ▁What ▁followed ▁was ▁a ▁year ▁of ▁inter views ▁and ▁editing ▁that ▁revealed ▁the ▁true ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁soldiers ʼ ▁difficult ▁road ▁to ▁recovery ▁as ▁they ▁faced ▁a ▁return ▁to ▁civil ian ▁life . ▁ ▁The ▁clim b ▁After ▁days ▁of ▁tre kk ing ▁in ▁Nep al ʼ s ▁Kh um bu ▁Valley , ▁the ▁clim bing ▁route ▁started ▁from ▁Lob uche ▁High ▁Camp ▁with ▁ste ep ▁rock , ▁and ▁transition ed ▁to ▁snow ▁and ▁ice ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁feet . ▁To ▁ensure ▁they ▁summ ited ▁in ▁the ▁best ▁conditions , ▁the ▁team ▁started ▁clim bing ▁shortly ▁after ▁mid night ▁and ▁on ▁October ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁they ▁reached ▁the ▁sum mit ▁of ▁Lob uche . ▁The ▁physical ▁and ▁emot ional ▁issues ▁of ▁war ▁proved ▁too ▁much ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁team . ▁However , ▁in ▁an ▁aston ishing ▁finish , ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁challeng