luggi
Trad climber
from the backseat of Jake& Elwood Blues car
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I know I have posted this before seemed appropriate today
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audiobahn1000
climber
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Congrads, I got my white belt when I was seven.
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coz
Gym climber
not sure
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They are hands down the most bad ass guys I know, on and off the rock. Most of the ones I train can swing leads on multi pitch in three days of training.
They are not whiners like some guys here, they go out and fiight and die to protect our freedoms and lifestyle.
All my respect, SC.
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neversummer
Trad climber
30 mins. from suicide USA
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hats off to them..they are some of the hardest men.
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bergbryce
Mountain climber
Oakland -> SLT
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My sis is married to a retired one and there are others in the family.
The quintessential seal is wirey, lean and an endurance freak. Those burdened with excess muscle mass have a harder time surviving buds. Think cross country runner and not power lifter.
I've heard lots of great stories. Those guys are the real deal and even if they don't crush on the stone they can do a lot more and do it well as we've just seen. Hardy bunch indeed.
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locker
Social climber
CO
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"BY MAPPING THE FLOOR WITH A SEEL"...
LOL!!!...
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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^ ^ ^
Hmmm, I don't know about the the above (bergbryce's post, not Locker's).
The retired ones I've seen on the news in the past few days always seem heavyset (to use the polite term). A little fat may help them survive the cold water swims.
Seems like it would be useful to have a collection of SEALs having different body types depending on the mission--high level endurance athletes are incredible at what they do, but I don't see most of them as fighter types. They don't have much muscle, especially upper body.
Who would win in a fistfight--marathoner or sprinter? Even if they're armed, I would expect sprinter to have the advantage due to fast twitch muscles.
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Crillz
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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No need for a fistfight if they just sneak up behind and stab 'em.
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Papillon Rendre
Social climber
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They're in a league of their own, that's for sure.
I read somewhere that a high percentage of these individuals played both water polo and lacrosse in school.
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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I have had a few ex SEALS come through my station during their probation period trying to get on the fire department. The ones who really were SEAL's never brag or talk about what they saw or did, they were quiet and and very respectful to everyone.
I also ran across a few rookies who said they were SEAL's but turned out they were not, they were a couple of the most prideful, loudmouthed, arrogant SOB's. The direct opposite of what the real SEAL's were like.
My hats of and respect to the SEALs.
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Weld_it
Trad climber
Chatsworth
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FACT: THE SEEL I TOOK DOWN IN CLASS WAS A BIT HEVY
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Navy SEALs are normally pretty beefed up dudes.
Cheers to my buddy Louis and a job well done.
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Conrad
climber
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Back in the day i helped Jay Smith with his guiding program. We would go climbing with Dano, Gerberding and a bunch of tough, multi discipline soldiers.
Best story was ice climbing in Rifle. Rule was no leading so they all started soloing. After three days
Wheelbarrow worthy.
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lostinshanghai
Social climber
someplace
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A toast to started it all, no slack Colonial, you can sleep in peace now. Can’t say you failed on this one. Honour to have known you. 2nd/327 Charlie Company: No Fu#king slack
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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lostinshanghai, that's proud. Kudos to the 101st too!
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Randisi
Boulder climber
Soon to be in China
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Trained in violence and killing.
Ideal human beings.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Trained in violence and killing.
Ideal human beings.
More like ideal warriors trained to defend us from them...
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marv
Mountain climber
Bay Area
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headshot
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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They are trained in much more than violence.
Many are medics.
Many are multilingual.
Many have highly technical skills.
All this talk over "Geronimo" is silly.
Geronimo killed a lot of terrorists.
(He actually hated the mexicans the most since they killed most of his family in 1858.)
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