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lol About 90 miles South of here is the Marines Mountain Warfare Training Center. Now I love Marines but mountain men they ain’t. Most spend the first two weeks groaning about the altitude (8500 feet)and the last two trying to stay warm. In winter they send them out with one rabbit and they have to kill it and eat it. It is basically their only grub for a week. During the summer they run simulated missions and I have more than once helped a Marine get his bearings in the mountains - even with GPS - which often can’t see enough satellites to get a good lock. I will say at the end of the month many are running around doing quite well with the lack of oxygen. Says a lot about their conditioning which is great. Oh and many suffer from altitude sickness which is a real pain and can be life threatening. Corpsman keep a good eye on them. To be fair I don’t carry 75 pound packs at that altitude but a 30 pound with two weapons and plenty of clean water. I am suffering from chronological impairment that they don’t have to deal with.