{"id":66137,"date":"2016-06-04T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=66137"},"modified":"2016-06-04T08:22:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T12:22:23","slug":"ten-soldiers-rescued-in-rocky-mountain-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=66137","title":{"rendered":"Ten soldiers rescued in Rocky Mountain National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chief Tango sends us a link from the Denver Post<\/a> which reports that ten special forces soldier were rescued by helicopter while they were on a training mission climbing Longs Peak in the Rocky Mountain National Park.<\/p>\n

Lt. Col. Sean Ryan, an Army spokesman, said the soldiers were on a routine training mission Thursday when the two soldiers became sick while climbing the 14,249-foot peak. No one was injured.<\/p>\n

The soldiers, members of the 10th Special Forces Group that is stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, summited Longs Peak after two members of their group fell ill. Ryan said the group had to reach the summit in order to be flown off the mountain.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s normal procedure for us,\u201d Ryan said of high-altitude mountain climbing training.<\/p>\n

The national park says rangers were summoned to help the soldiers late Thursday night. The soldiers were not planning to spend the night on the mountain, which is still under winter conditions.<\/p>\n

The park service said one of the soldiers is a medic, who tended to his ill comrades.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to recognize they were able to finish the climb this morning without assistance,\u201d Mark Pita, the park\u2019s chief ranger, told reporters at a news conference.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thursday was a tough day to be training, I guess. At least this adventure ended well with no casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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