Quote Originally Posted by tmleadr03 View Post
They were in shorts with camelbaks. Even coming from sea level they should have been able to walk up it. Not at a major speed, but a decent walk.
First I've heard that shorts and Camelbaks help with aerobic efficiency. I'm just saying that the change from sea level can really hit some people hard, even people who are reasonably in shape. I used to see it occasionally with people coming in TDY from one of the coasts and it's not like they were lazy out-of-shape bastards like me.