Soldiers climb Mount McKinley in memory of Rangers

Forbes, etc. ^ | 30 May 2011 | AP

[Tainan]

(mods - excerpt from AP story)

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Five Army Rangers stationed in Washington state have summited North America's highest mountain.

Army officials say the soldiers reached the 20,320-foot summit of Mount McKinley in Alaska Friday night, just in time to for the Memorial Day weekend.

The Rangers - assigned to 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord - made the climb in honor of the 11 Rangers from their regiment who have died in the line of duty. At McKinley's summit, the soldiers planted a flag from 2/75 with the names of the 11.

[Tainan]

RLTW

[decimon]

Great story bump.

[rangerX]

Sua Sponte. RIP Brothers.

[ExSoldier]

I hope the name of SP/4 Kevin Lannon is there. He was killed on Grenada in 1983. He was my former platoon medic when I was on active duty at Fort Lewis and I helped get him into the battalion. Good troop.

[West Texas Chuck]

Cool. Mountain Rangers.

You know, some climbers just fell off that thing and died a week or so back, that is a very dangerous mountain.

[Jack Hammer]

McKinley is no walk-up; it’s a serious mountain any time of the year, and this climb is a nice tribute to the fallen.

[Tainan]

You are right - No walk-up indeed. It is a serious climb.

RLTW!