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jgill
Boulder climber
Colorado
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Jun 13, 2014 - 01:05pm PT
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Nice honor, Jim. You certainly deserved it. Congratulations.
The only other person in Sfs in my acquaintance is my old friend Col. George Bristol (USMC-Retired), who commanded JSOC in Africorps for his last two year assignment. He got caught up in Benghazi, but gave exemplary testimony to congress.
I have great admiration for all you guys! You were, or are, on the cutting edge.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 13, 2014 - 07:40pm PT
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Huge congratulations to you, Jim!!!!!!
Well done, and well deserved!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Jun 13, 2014 - 07:53pm PT
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Kudos Mr. Donini . . . salute.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Jun 13, 2014 - 07:58pm PT
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Congrats Mr. Doh...The only plaque i ever received was from a years worth of not brushing my teeth...rj
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:23pm PT
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Wow Jim. Being a Special Forces medic raises your status even higher!
The ones I knew used to carry a little black notebook in their front pocket and any obscure tropical disease I could think of, they could look up and tell me both the American and British drugs that worked on it. I still have a big tropical medicine book that one of them gave me.
They weren't just into combat and tropical stuff either. When I was once having a lot of pain, one of them told me, I don't think this is tropical, I think it's gynecological. When I told the Air Force doc that, he decided to look further and sure enough I had an ovarian cyst that had to be removed. After that, I always got a first opinion from my SF medic friends and then quoted them to the other docs. If the SF guys said check for whatever, the Army, Navy and Air Force docs would check for it, no questions asked.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Jun 13, 2014 - 08:57pm PT
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Very cool Jim!
Thank you SF for introducing him to climbing!
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Karla
climber
Colorado
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Jun 14, 2014 - 03:44pm PT
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What a wonderful acknowledgement; your skills, no bs attitude and zest for adventure continually impress me. I think you are running out of room on your wall for all those awards!
Oh yeah, is that where you learned to cook;)
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Jun 14, 2014 - 04:35pm PT
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Congratulations Jim, i hear every word you posted. I have the honor and privilage to work with the Marine Wounded Warrior Regiment at the first ever Hope and Care Center at Camp Pendelton in Southern California assisting our wounded, ill and injured service members. Everything I've learned in 25 years in sports medicine is put to use and I learn more everyday. Glad you have the satisfaction of finally giving back. I have had the opportunity to go to Fort Carson the last two years to cover the Warrior Games for the Marines and they have a cool climbing wall at the gym there, you should check it out if you get a chance. Good on you Brother!
Peace
Edit: putting together a climbing program here for our Wounded Warriors, climbing is a great modality for the recovering Marines
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Jan
Mountain climber
Colorado, Nepal & Okinawa
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Jun 15, 2014 - 01:05am PT
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I do miss being around the military community. It is filled with people who are willing to sacrifice their own interests for the common good.
My mailbox was on a Special Forces base for 25 years and I walked my dogs there every day.Sometimes walking them at night at night I saw some interesting sights. Guys with green faces sneaking through the cane fields and guys with painted black faces landing rubber boats on the beach.
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steveA
Trad climber
Wolfeboro, NH
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Jun 15, 2014 - 04:08am PT
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Real cool Jim!
I bet when you were in the Army, you never dreamed you would be speaking to the same group years later. Another new experience for you, and Angela.
Have fun in the Winds with "the group".
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gimmeslack
Trad climber
VA
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Jun 15, 2014 - 09:38am PT
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Binks
climber
Uranus
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Jun 15, 2014 - 09:48am PT
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I think it's very hard to be a "flag waving gun nut" and serve anything but your own deluded self interest.
Beautiful post.
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Brokedownclimber
Trad climber
Douglas, WY
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Jun 15, 2014 - 10:21am PT
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Congrats, Jim-
I have some "memories" of Ft. Carson myself. Agony Hill, Rattlesnake Ridge, and 25-30 mile road marches with full gear.
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The Alpine
climber
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Jun 15, 2014 - 11:38am PT
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Yo Donini - switch out those pleated pants for some flat front ones. Trust me.
And Thanks.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2014 - 03:56pm PT
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Just got back from Fort Carson. Got to do another talk at the graduation of the latest Special Forces Mountain School. Welcomed back to the brotherhood even though I was only a three year wonder. I'm actually going to get to teach crack climbing at their next school......whooppee!
They've been following the ISIS situation with keen interest.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Sep 19, 2014 - 04:10pm PT
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They've been fillowing the ISIS situation with keen interest.
Hmmmm, I bet.
I loved talking some special ops BS with you when we were at Cochise Jim. Thanks again.
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guyman
Social climber
Moorpark, CA.
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Sep 19, 2014 - 06:43pm PT
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Thank you.
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goatboy smellz
climber
लघिमा
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Sep 19, 2014 - 07:19pm PT
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Those Fort Carson guys are beasts.
When I worked SAR at Barr Camp they would hike up Pikes with cadets from the AF Academy with the heaviest setup I've ever seen.
Old school external frames packs, cast iron skillets, snowshoes on their backs when there was no snow. Hopefully they have upgraded their gear a bit since then but we were hanging slackjawed at the shear weight they bought up back then when the rest of us were all light is right.
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Sep 19, 2014 - 11:16pm PT
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I'm actually going to get to teach crack climbing at their next school......whooppee!
The "Blue Camalot" goes camo...
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Sep 20, 2014 - 04:43am PT
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Hopefully they have upgraded their gear a bit since then but we were hanging slackjawed at the shear weight they bought up back then when the rest of us where all light is right.
Yes, there have been a lot of upgrades in the last 15 years.
I barely recognized some of the gear that SERE guys were using last time I was at the school. Made us look soooo primitive!
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