Sept 14, 2009: Rocky Mountain Rehab

xoxoxoBruce · 09-14-2009, 12:28 AM

Not rehabing the mountains, rehabing soldiers, making cowboys out of them.

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The Vail Veterans Program summer retreat is a program designed to help recently severely wounded U.S. military forces rehabilitate and rebuild confidence through outdoor activities, including rafting, fly fishing, skeet shooting and horseback riding. Most of the wounded are flown in from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Some 250 wounded troops have participated, both in the summer and winter programs since 2004.

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Army Ssgt. Freddy De los Santos, 39, left, and Marine Lcpl. Jose Daniel Gasca, 22, both amputees from war injuries, speak on July 30, at Yarmony Lodge, near McCoy, Colorado. They were part of a group of a dozen war wounded and their families participating in the Vail Veterans Program summer retreat. De los Santos, a Special Operations soldier, was wounded when his humvee was struck by a rocket propelled grenade in Afghanistan Oct. 19, 2008, killing the other two American soldiers in his vehicle. Gasca was wounded when his vehicle hit an IED in Fallujah, Iraq Sept. 6, 2008.

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An injured U.S. serviceman gazes upon a rainbow following an afternoon thunderstorm on July 31, at the Yarmony Lodge near McCoy, Colorado.

Lot's of pictures at the link, check them out.

Griff · 09-14-2009, 06:26 AM

Thanks for the hopeful message this morning Bruce.

capnhowdy · 09-14-2009, 08:08 AM

Exactly my thoughts too. I know my day will be better now. God bless the American soldier. And those who endeavor to better their lives.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-14-2009, 08:14 AM

Check out the pics at the link of these guys doing stuff.

skysidhe · 09-14-2009, 09:18 AM

cowboy up! great

birdclaw · 09-14-2009, 10:29 AM

Dang it Bruce, that brought a tear to my eye. No, no I'm not crying..I just yawned.

lumberjim · 09-14-2009, 11:08 AM

this image got me a little bit.

that's what holding hands is for those two now.

:: cries like a bitch::

Coign · 09-14-2009, 04:05 PM

That is my neck of the woods. I hear about the Vail Vets Program all the time. It has a lot to do with the fact that Vail owes its existence to veterans.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vail,_Colorado

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History

The town of Vail was incorporated in 1966, four years after the opening of Vail Ski Resort. The ski area was founded by Pete Seibert and the local rancher Earl Eaton in 1962, between the town of Eagle and Vail Pass. The pass was named after Charles Vail, the highway engineer that routed U.S. Highway 6 through the valley in 1940.
Seibert, a New England native, served in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division during World War II, which trained at Camp Hale, just southeast of Vail. He was seriously wounded in Italy and was told he should become a professional skier when he recovered. He was noticed as the best skier in the world for a short time.

I love living here. Here are a couple of pictures I took this 4th of July.

lumberjim · 09-14-2009, 07:48 PM

That's where I wanna live

monster · 09-14-2009, 09:10 PM

Nobody wants to eat the IOTD? Sheldon?

nil_orally · 09-15-2009, 03:37 AM

Shouldn't those guys get inside before they rust?

newtimer · 09-15-2009, 12:55 PM

Notice the photo of the man cutting his steak while holding a knife in his pincers. It won't be long before he just replaces the pincers with a custom-made permanent blade (or two). Muggers beware.

dar512 · 09-15-2009, 01:02 PM

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Gravdigr · 09-15-2009, 05:08 PM

Looks like Lcpl. Gasca (right, in the IOTD pic) has the right idea. Ya don't need no legs to enjoy a nice cold tallboy.

to all those guys!!

monster · 09-15-2009, 09:09 PM

I saw a girl walking her dog tonight with an artificial leg like those in the picture. She was wearing a little white sundress and the knee joint was allowing her a pretty natural gait, and i though how awesome it is that these days the important thing about prosthetic limbs is what they can do, not what they look like. It wasn't always that way.

09-14-2009, 06:26 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Thanks for the hopeful message this morning Bruce. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-14-2009, 08:08 AM	#3
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Exactly my thoughts too. I know my day will be better now. God bless the American soldier. And those who endeavor to better their lives. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-14-2009, 08:14 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Check out the pics at the link of these guys doing stuff. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-14-2009, 10:29 AM	#6
birdclaw putting the "g" in flight Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 145	Dang it Bruce, that brought a tear to my eye. No, no I'm not crying..I just yawned. __________________ “The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman.”

09-14-2009, 11:08 AM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	this image got me a little bit. that's what holding hands is for those two now. :: cries like a bitch:: __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-14-2009, 09:18 AM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	cowboy up! great

09-14-2009, 07:48 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	That's where I wanna live __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-14-2009, 09:10 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Nobody wants to eat the IOTD? Sheldon? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-15-2009, 03:37 AM	#11
nil_orally Larger than average member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Oz. Posts: 72	Shouldn't those guys get inside before they rust? __________________ Waiting for inspiration.....

09-15-2009, 12:55 PM	#12
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	Notice the photo of the man cutting his steak while holding a knife in his pincers. It won't be long before he just replaces the pincers with a custom-made permanent blade (or two). Muggers beware.

09-15-2009, 01:02 PM	#13
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	. Attached Images __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

09-15-2009, 05:08 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Looks like Lcpl. Gasca (right, in the IOTD pic) has the right idea. Ya don't need no legs to enjoy a nice cold tallboy. to all those guys!! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

09-15-2009, 09:09 PM	#15
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I saw a girl walking her dog tonight with an artificial leg like those in the picture. She was wearing a little white sundress and the knee joint was allowing her a pretty natural gait, and i though how awesome it is that these days the important thing about prosthetic limbs is what they can do, not what they look like. It wasn't always that way. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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