Welcome back to the Sharpen Podcast, a podcast aimed at minimizing future outdoor

accidents by way of storytelling. Real people sharing real stories. I'm Ashley

the creator and producer of this show. The show is brought to you by Rocky Taki. If you

been listening to the show for a while now you know that I love my mountain

radios. They're FRS radio designed for climbing. But did you know that

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It's fully waterproof, has a larger battery, and is just as easy to use as the Mountain Radio.

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Arcterics Academy.com follow I.G account at Arcterics Academy for news and updates and I'll post the website link in the show notes. This is a crazy incident where my guest was bit by a rattlesnake in June of 2022 and ended up being

in the hospital for 12 straight days.

She was climbing at Consumeers River Gorge in Lake Tahoe and it was going to be her first time

track climbing. The crew was getting all set up near the first climb and she decided to use the

facilitaries, if you will, before putting on her harness.

She walked away from the group and found a private area was about to go when she felt

something bite her.

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