 Hey everyone, I'm Matt Sancing with DEV at the 37th annual National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic And we're off the mountain today. We're off a snowmass village and we're here in Glenwood Springs at the Hot Springs here and you can tell which one of us has just been in the hot springs here We have Mark Mathiett who's a 27 year Army veteran And he's his first year here at the clinic and he came all the way from Greeley, Colorado And you've been training to come to this event with the Denver VA. Do I have that right? That's correct They they allowed us to go to Eldora ski resort twice a month since January to train so that we can get used to the equipment that we're using and Learn how not to fall so much and things like that And we just finished up about a week ago and and now we're here. That's really it's pretty awesome Yeah, and I know you're looking forward to skiing and you've been training for it What most what other stuff are you looking forward to? Well, we The one thing I look forward to is the food You and me both friend. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, it's everywhere. We got especially up in snowmass village. It's amazing We're gonna do skiing tomorrow, and then we go snowmobiling on Thursday and then Athena and I will probably go for some walks Somewhere out in the snow. Yeah, let's introduce Athena here your service dog. What kind of dog is she? She is an Italian mastiff also known as a cane corso mixed with German shepherd Wow, and I know she was right by the side of the pool here when you were relaxing soaking those muscles after maybe some winter sports How does she help you if you don't mind me asking? Well, she so she provides a lot of different things The main reason we we picked out a big dog like this is to help me with mobility issues So like when I was getting out of the pool, for instance, I had her come Stand over next to me and she stands flat like a table So all I have to do is I push up on her and I can stand up real easily She helps me with PTSD and things like that. So she's a psychiatric service dog as well Oh, well, she's kind of all-purpose and it seems like wherever we go. She's kind of therapy for everybody around us, too Everybody seems to like her. Yeah, I know every dog on me. It helps my mood. I'll tell you that right now for sure Well, thank you so much mark and again here We can check along tag along all the winter sports clinic hashtag winter sports clinic and make sure you go To winnersportsclinic.org thanks