[maine-iac7]

here’s a short out take that will be shown tomorrow night on Nat Geo - this will give you an idea of just how isolated this little band of Sky Soldiers were - they were, as Sebastian remarked: “Essentially, on Mars.”

The now famous “Cunningham Climb”

this soldier always packed 3-4 times as much up the mountain as others - It was 2 hour climb, straight up and often under fire -
the first time he rests, you can see the valley, WAY below - and he’s still got a long ways to go,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6-3I9JHllc&feature=player_embedded

In this climb, notice the muslim call to prayer in the background - imagine listening the THAT 5 times a day - starting at 4 in the morning.
they were totally isolated up there - except for Taliban. They didn’t even have chairs to sit on. (Hence the chair being a big deal) - Imagine going 15 months with no chair to sit on...the little things.)

[Valin]

Thanks for these vids.