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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Jun 12, 2014 - 11:48pm PT
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Well done.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jun 13, 2014 - 12:02am PT
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This is so cool!
I agree with what you said about serving Jim. Perfect.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Jun 13, 2014 - 12:07am PT
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Very well done. You are a rare individual, Jim.
As for being a liberal in a gun-toting society, I give you Thoreau.
Thoreau writes in concluding Walden,
"If a man loses pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured, or far away."
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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Jun 13, 2014 - 01:44am PT
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Coolaboola Jim.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Jun 13, 2014 - 02:01am PT
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Yes, congratulations!
My favorite students all those years I taught the military, were Special Forces. SF, climbers and anthropologists do indeed share a lot of similar experiences. They were always the ones who could really appreciate my stories about Nepal and when I was having stomach problems after a field trip, it was SF medics who could help me out when medics from other services hadn't even heard of the bugs I had.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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Jun 13, 2014 - 03:46am PT
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Thanks for your service Jim!!!!!
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skcreidc
Social climber
SD, CA
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Jun 13, 2014 - 05:53am PT
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Thank you for all your service sir. I have always considered you one of the consistent voices of reason on this site since I started lurking in 2011.
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Evel
Trad climber
Nedsterdam CO
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Jun 13, 2014 - 06:52am PT
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Hand Salute.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Jun 13, 2014 - 07:18am PT
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I'd be really interested in hearing more from Jim about how he made the transition from SF to climbing.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 13, 2014 - 07:39am PT
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Jan....I was on a Special Forces A Team mission training in the mountains of North Carolina in the summer of 1964. There were two British SAS guys training with us. One day they brought out a rope and set up a top rope on a nearby cliff. I immediately knew that climbing was something I wanted to persue.
While that was the extent of my actual climbing in SF, we were the "A1" detachment in the Seventh SF and were constantly in some sort of mission training. That training was perfect for developing the sklls and attitudes that served me well in my alpine climbing career.
By the way, in an earlier post you mentioned SF medics...that was my specialty.
The guys I served with in SF (fifty years ago) were some of the most interesting, intelligent and motivated people I have ever met.
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:15am PT
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the taco population
is graced and blessed
with your company and
your contributions.
thank you jim.
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Barry Bates
Boulder climber
Smith River CA
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:22am PT
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Congratulations Jim, well done and well deserved
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:46am PT
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Well done Jim
Thanks for sharing
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jonnyrig
Trad climber
formerly known as hillrat
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:49am PT
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Always nice to get a little recognition.
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Wade Icey
Trad climber
www.alohashirtrescue.com
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:51am PT
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Respect.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Jun 13, 2014 - 10:12am PT
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Well done Jim.
Did you make any of them dulfersitz a little ways?
I would have.
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rick sumner
Trad climber
reno, nevada/ wasilla alaska
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Jun 13, 2014 - 11:20am PT
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Congratulations to a role model to this community as well as the SF community from which you came. You have done both groups proud. Hey I met you once in '74 at the C4 urinals.
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, or In What Time Zone Am I?
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Jun 13, 2014 - 11:45am PT
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Very nice....much congratulations!
Susan
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Jim Clipper
climber
from: forests to tree farms
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Jun 13, 2014 - 12:02pm PT
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Thanks for your service, and a heart felt welcome home.
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John Duffield
Mountain climber
New York
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Jun 13, 2014 - 12:13pm PT
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Indeed. +1 to alla above.
friggin Navy seals are getting too much press.
I memba well the 10th down in, IRRC, Bad Tolz. What a place that was. Caught that at the tail end of whatever the hell it was I was doing.
We had two Green beanies in my unit. They were def special d00ds.
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