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Doc45
06-03-2016, 13:40
A rescue operation is under way to airlift members of the 10th SFG from Ft. Carson off Longs Peak. They went up yesterday on a training mission. Evidently a couple of them got ill.

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/06/03/search-crews-looking-for-10-overdue-military-personnel-on-longs-peak/
trlcavscout
06-03-2016, 13:45
hopefully all ends well!
bobbyfairbanks
06-03-2016, 13:55
Shut happens in the mountains they will be ok
ray1970
06-03-2016, 15:13
Probably millenials.
bobbyfairbanks
06-03-2016, 15:42
More likely a fucking officer
vossman
06-03-2016, 16:09
Hey now.......
trlcavscout
06-03-2016, 16:15
An LT
bobbyfairbanks
06-03-2016, 16:35
Oops potty mouth sorry.
Great-Kazoo
06-03-2016, 17:51
An LT

Gold will get ya rolled.
BPTactical
06-03-2016, 18:02
"Acclimation"

How does it work?
spqrzilla
06-03-2016, 18:21
More likely a fucking officer

[mop][Coffee]
Zombie Steve
06-03-2016, 18:26
I had full blown altitude sickness once. Normally when crap happens, I can look back and laugh. That wasn't such an experience. It's pretty horrible.
ray1970
06-03-2016, 19:12
"Acclimation"

How does it work?

You drink a few beers. Next time you drink more than last time. Before you know it you'll be acclimated to drinking lots of beers.

Not sure how that has anything to do with military guys in the mountains but I bet at least one or two of them likes to pound a few beers every now and then.
mtnrider
06-03-2016, 20:07
I had full blown altitude sickness once. Normally when crap happens, I can look back and laugh. That wasn't such an experience. It's pretty horrible.

^ Exactly. Had it happen to me out of the blue many years ago. Ended up with lungs full of fluid and a short stay in the hospital, could have ended badly. I was healthy as a horse and had been at altitude many times with no issue, just happened out of the blue.

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TheGrey
06-03-2016, 20:17
I had full blown altitude sickness once. Normally when crap happens, I can look back and laugh. That wasn't such an experience. It's pretty horrible.

Altitude sickness is truly horrible. When I heard that two of them had altitude sickness, I immediately was sympathetic.
jerrymrc
06-03-2016, 21:22
I helped pump out a portable chamber for two tourists that got it bad when I was in potosi Bolivia @ 15K' my leg was never so tired.
roberth
06-03-2016, 21:35
Altitude sickness is truly horrible. When I heard that two of them had altitude sickness, I immediately was sympathetic.

Yup, ain't nothing to mess with.

I've told people to go back to their cars and Denver when I see them and hear their complaints at 10K feet and up.
KevDen2005
06-04-2016, 15:01
Unless I missed it I wasn't sure if they were A Team guys or Support company guys. Not that it really matters, but they definitely can be two entirely different breeds even though the same unit. I had the pleasure of being in Support Company for an SFG and always thought the tabbed guys were badass and nothing could stop them. Unless something changed I don't think team guys had any LTs leading them. We had some in Support company, but I always saw captains or higher leading (or Warrants leading) on the teams.
Doc45
06-04-2016, 17:58
A team, had two 18Ds (SF Medic for those not familiar with Army MOS) in the group.
KevDen2005
06-04-2016, 18:22
A team, had two 18Ds (SF Medic for those not familiar with Army MOS) in the group.

I know crap happens but it's always these guys that you hate thinking need rescuing. Glad they're all okay.
KevDen2005
06-04-2016, 18:23
Altitude sickness is truly horrible. When I heard that two of them had altitude sickness, I immediately was sympathetic.

I agree. No joke. I always forget about it until I get family from a flat land state and we go up in the mountains and four wheeling for the day. Then one of them starts with the symptoms.