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U.S. Army veteran Caleb Cline is on a mission.
“I consider us all uniquely able, so instead of focusing on things we can’t do, we focus on things we can do very well,” he said.
In 2019, Cline was medically discharged as an Infantry Captain due to training injuries, which severely impacted his mental health.
“When I met Caleb, he was at the end of his rope,” said Shane Walsh, another fellow veteran. “Actually, there was no rope, there was no hope. I could see in his eyes a man who had been seriously underappreciated, both at home and abroad.”
Cline said somedays, it’s so bad that he can’t dress himself.
“The biggest thing that I found was exercise needed to take on a different shape,” he said.
Thanks to new adaptive equipment, Cline has been able to cycle again. In 2020, he founded the Rusty Dogs of War, a nonprofit aimed at assisting veterans in their transition from everyday life to becoming endurance athletes.
“Go prove a point that we can actually go do something bigger, better, faster, and stronger than upright people, or just a regular cyclist,” said Cline.
The team decided to take on the Race Across America, starting in Oceanside and finishing in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The amazing cross-country trek even inspired the creation of a feature documentary by Roseland Pictures that’s currently in post production.
“Showing up for yourself, whether you’re putting in a five-minute exercise that ends up turning into five hours over a duration of time, it’s really a matter of, do you want to sit in something that’s uncomfortable? or do you want to go outside of that because they’re both uncomfortable?” said Cline.
It doesn’t stop there. Cline also has a podcast coming out soon on YouTube.
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