infantrymen, here are a few pics to *kinda* show what they hell we're talking about. Mind you, this is your body weight, 50-70 lbs in body armor, 60-85 lbs in your rucksack and your weapon. I've been making climbs like this for the last 2 months, averaging 5 days a week, all day long and I have another 6 months of the same. Also note, tis is *only* a foothill that leads to the mountains we work in. The pictures here are over 3/4's of mile vertical climb
to this point, and we keep going up from there. This was a safe place to take pics and it had the prettiest view
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