SD. Mountain climber Ivan Gomez reached the 4,884 meter (16,023ft) high summit of Indonesia’s Mount Carstensz, on Wednesday, July 11, becoming the only Dominican to scale the five continents’ top heights.
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
Kudos!
From: United States, Brooklyn
oh YEA, I bet he's regreting not bringing una chata de brugal!
MY PEOPLE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD!!!!
Written by: RoyStone, 19 Jul 2012 8:36 AM
From: Australia
Dominicans don't often climb mountains. It took a 100 years for the first Dominican to climb Pico Durte, after an Englishmen. Dominicans didn't even know its correct height until very recently, and the summit still has the wrong height on the sign. I wonder, is he is a real Dominican (Dominican born and raised) or just of Dominican descent (or in his case, ascent)?
From: Iceland, Haitians out of DR.
Who cares Roy weather Dominicans climbed Pico Duarte or not or if he was born in DR, he's Dominican as his parents are plus yes, he was born in DR as well. What matters is what we have achieving now and our victorious past as well. (Counter balancing the negative bs)..
Enough said adios ;)
Written by: RoyStone, 19 Jul 2012 3:23 PM
From: Australia
elanonimo.
Current achievements? Victorious past?
Ha ha ha!
What have you been smoking, drinking or injecting to be so delusional?
Written by: Cacique, 19 Jul 2012 3:49 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Roy, No say bad, Ivan good injun, like mountain, great spirit protect brave. Peace!
From: Iceland, Haitians out of DR.
@Roy,
I'm not delusional, it's the truth written in history (if you didn't know) ;)
@Cacique,
He's not in the skin of a Dominican to comprehend our spirit, even tough he lives there and experiences the country.
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
Somehow it upsets people when a Dominican is recognized for doing something worthwhile... Mind you own business!! or better yet your own country's business....
From: Iceland, Haitians out of DR.
@hernandez5482,
exactly.. ' -_____________________-
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Jul 2012 12:40 AM
From: Australia
I've climbed Pico Duarte. I bet you haven't - typical Dominican - all talk and no action. Face it - your country's past and present is most notable for it's mediocrity and failure. About the only Dominicans who achieve anything are born or educated elsewhere.
From: Iceland, Haitians out of DR.
Roy if you don't like us then gtfo, simple as it sounds. :)
Typical foreigner living in ones country and then b*tching about it ' -_________________-
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Jul 2012 5:52 AM
From: Australia
Hey, I wasn't b!tching - just stating some facts. The Dominican Republic has some great things, not least of which are the women. However current achievements and a victorious past? Can you name any?
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
Lets see, first we had to endure Spanish colonization but thanks to the bravery determination and patriotism of our ancestors, we kicked them out. After this we had to endure over two decades of brutal Haitian occupation, once again our men rose up, fought the enemy without wavering, winning almost every battle that was fought despite the Haitian army outnumbering the revels 10 to 1 and this is been modest. Our country was weaken and demoralized; in case if you don’t know the invaders attempted to darken the population and so they had a campaign killing all the infants that were white or simply of a light complexion. In Santiago whole towns were ransacked and a lot of people killed, young boys forced to join their ranks against their will, but our country grew bigger and it became and impossible task for them to invade again.
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
Against corruption and government oppression somehow we managed to survived, and then we had the US occupation. The US been a superpower with limitless resources had no trouble in controlling the whole island, but nevertheless our men fought and caused the enemy a lot of casualties (you can research online bout this), but the US was enemy we couldn’t defeat. 15 years later Trujillo took power and although I admire him for many of the things that he did for our nation he was a tyrant nevertheless who caused people pain and suffering. After enduring the 30 ears, we haven’t had one descent government and yet slowly but surely we have progressed. I know there is a lot of poverty in DR, but we are getting better. The Dominican people are worthy of admiration.... I don't know what you're so bitter about.
Written by: RoyStone, 20 Jul 2012 6:00 PM
From: Australia
Some valid points, hernandez5482,
However fighting for one's own survival is hardly an act of gallant bravery. Similarly the "government oppression and corruption" was principally your own, not one of a foreign power.
The Dominican Republic's contributions during WW1 and WW2 were notable by their total absence. The fact the the Hippo was a serious contender in the last election indicates that for many Dominicans, short-term self-interest eclipses the national interest, short and long term. For a dollar's worth of scrap metal, many Dominicans will destroy 100 dollars worth of infrastructure.
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oh YEA, I bet he's regreting not bringing una chata de brugal!
MY PEOPLE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD!!!!
Enough said adios ;)
Current achievements? Victorious past?
Ha ha ha!
What have you been smoking, drinking or injecting to be so delusional?
I'm not delusional, it's the truth written in history (if you didn't know) ;)
@Cacique,
He's not in the skin of a Dominican to comprehend our spirit, even tough he lives there and experiences the country.
exactly.. ' -_____________________-
Roy if you don't like us then gtfo, simple as it sounds. :)
Typical foreigner living in ones country and then b*tching about it ' -_________________-
However fighting for one's own survival is hardly an act of gallant bravery. Similarly the "government oppression and corruption" was principally your own, not one of a foreign power.
The Dominican Republic's contributions during WW1 and WW2 were notable by their total absence. The fact the the Hippo was a serious contender in the last election indicates that for many Dominicans, short-term self-interest eclipses the national interest, short and long term. For a dollar's worth of scrap metal, many Dominicans will destroy 100 dollars worth of infrastructure.