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🗓️ 20 October 2020
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Graham Zimmerman is an alpinist, filmmaker and veteran of more than 30 international climbing expeditions. In the summer of 2019, Graham was part of a team that completed the first ascent of Link Sar in the Central Pakistani Karakoram via its Southeast Face. (It was a highly coveted prize; nine unsuccessful attempts had been made throughout the years.) Graham was born in New Zealand, raised in America’s Pacific Northwest, and has become, through his experiences in the great mountain ranges and glacier fields of the world, a leading voice for the climate change organization Protect Our Winters. Hal and Graham talk about how one trains mentally and physically for a brutal ascent like Link Sar, expedition planning, learning whitewater boating on the fly (in anticipation of an expedition where those skills will be a matter of life and death), adventure partnerships, and the work of the brilliant energy expert and economic historian Daniel Yergin.
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0:00.0 | And we're finding time and time again that, you know, both of these sports, which, you know, seem so different, but they're really just different ways to have relationship with space and |
0:15.0 | different ways to have relationship with the land. |
0:18.4 | And on a kind of in that framework, |
0:21.6 | we have so much common ground and so much love for these spaces |
0:25.0 | that we share. |
0:26.0 | And the realization of that is really powerful. |
0:31.0 | There's an integration of psychology and physicality, you know, because when you |
0:36.2 | trained as you know, to the best of your ability, your mind is ready for to use that. |
0:43.0 | But I will always go to the mountains and they will always be a place for me to find quiet and solace and to go, you know, kind of go spend time in an environment that really inspires me. As people probably know by now, we are in a great partnership with the |
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1:37.6 | recently and was amazed at how effective it is to keep your torso warm while letting your arms and legs run around and do their thing. |
1:46.0 | So just hitting the Filson site is a new denim collection they've got. |
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