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...on-longs-peak/
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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...on-longs-peak/
hopefully all ends well!
Shut happens in the mountains they will be ok
Probably millenials.
More likely a fucking officer
Hey now.......
An LT
Oops potty mouth sorry.
Gold will get ya rolled.Quote:
Originally Posted by trlcavscout
"Acclimation"
How does it work?
[mop][Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbyfairbanks
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
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.
^ 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
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Altitude sickness is truly horrible. When I heard that two of them had altitude sickness, I immediately was sympathetic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zombie Steve
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.
Yup, ain't nothing to mess with.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGrey
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.
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.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc45
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheGrey