Amerikanere gennemfører ekstremsportsbegivenhed til ære for Maler og Aase

Screendump fra James' FB.

ENGLISH BELOW.

Vi mindes. Min gode online-ven James Armstrong er en af de sejeste mennesker, jeg kender.

Fuldstændig uden at kende os fire danskere i PRT Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, sendte han og hans ligesindede amerikanere i Soldiers Race Team (SRT) os alle mulige lækre og opmuntrende ting under vores udstationering. Simpelthen fordi han ikke skelner mellem landsmænd og allierede tropper: Alle kæmper vi for den samme sag, synes han, så vi fortjener alle opbakning.

Rørende
Jeg fandt og finder dét direkte rørende, og ud over det var det virkelig fede stumper, han sendte. Hjemmestrikkede huer, fx, var ikke dårlige, da temperaturen begyndte at falde til under minus 30 grader oppe i bjergne, hvor vi var. Og som stor fan af filminstruktør og tegneserieforfatter Kevin Smith, som jeg er, var det alt for vildt, at James via en ven fik fat i bøger signeret af hr. Smith.

Til ære for Jens og Aase
James er tydeligvis stærk som en okse og gennemfører hvert år en masse triatloner og andre crazy ting i den dur. Typisk gør han det til ære for faldne soldater, og har flere gang gjort det for vore danske kolleger, der desværre har mistet livet i Afghanistan. For et stykke tid siden spurgte han mig, om der var nogen, det lå mig nær at mindes. Hvem andre end Jens Maler og Aase kunne det være? Nu er det gjort, som I kan se på screendumpet fra Facebook.

Æret være Jens og Aases minde - og TAK, James, det betyder så meget for mig, og for mange andre, ved jeg med 100% sikkerhed.

Gå ind og "like" James' løbehold
Jeg vil på det kraftigste opfordre til at "like" Soldiers Race Team på Facebook og følge med i deres beundringsværdige aktiviteter. Link her.

ENGLISH

James. Tough as nails? Better believe it :-)

Americans complete extreme race in honour of Jens and Aase
My good online friend James Armstrong, whom I hope to meet in real life one fine day, is one of the coolest people I know.

Completely without knowing us four Danes in PRT Chaghcharan he and his friends sent us all kinds of neat and encouraging items during our deployment in Afghanistan. Simply because these civilian citizens don't differentiate between their compatriots and allied troops: we all fight for the same cause, they say, and all deserve support. Also props to Linda Carter and Koda Conner for individually doing the same!

Touching
I found and find this touching, and apart from that, the stuff we got was really awesome! Homemade woolly hats, e.g., were damn useful when the temperature started falling below -22 degrees F, up in the mountains where we were. And me being a huge fan of movie director and comic book writer Kevin Smith, it was beyond great to receive autographed albums that James had acquired through a friend.

James is apparently strong as a bull and each year completes a lot of triathlons and equally crazy events. Typically, he does this commemorating the memory of fallen soldiers - and God knows we have had so sadly many of those - and several times honouring our Danish colleagues lost in Afghanistan.

In honour of Jens and Aase 

Notice writing on arms!

A while ago James asked me if there was anyone particularly close to me that I felt should get this attention. Who other than Jens and Aase, then? Now it has been done, as you can see in the screen dump from James's Facebook wall.

Rest in peace, Jens and Aase - and THANK YOU, James. This means so much to me and many others.

"Like" the team!
I strongly encourage everybody to "like" the Soldiers Race Team on Facebook and follow their admirable actives. Link here.

Regards,

Thorbjørn Hein
President of March Team Beagle Boys