So I found out yesterday that there is a chance I get the opportunity to go to U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School this summer in Vermont. I found some videos on Youtube of it, and it seems really intense. Rock climbing, rappelling, all sorts of high altitude stuff, and a guaranteed 14 hours of mountain combat training each  day. I figured if the opportunity presents itself I might as well go... it may be invaluable training if I find myself in a situation one day in which I need to survive in the mountains (e.g. getting shot down). It will also give me very helpful skills to get through SERE (Survival,Evasion,Resistance and Escape) School that they send aviators to for training in how escape becoming a POW, and if taken prisoner, how to resist torture and escape. I'll take rigorous and difficult training now over having a lack of necessary skills down the road.