And I am sitting there talking to my friend Chad, and all of a sudden I hear this pop. And I'm like, what is that noise? And I look out the window and my ski bag was flying off the top of the bus. So we pull over. And of course, my ski bag got run over by two semi-trucks. And I swear to you, they were carrying loads of lumber. It wasn't just like, oh, it got hit by a semi-truck. It was like, oh, it's like a semi-truck carrying bricks. You know what I mean? Thank you. This is the adventure sports podcast, brought to you by 180 tack.

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Episode 175, Claire Smallwood talks about free skiing.

Welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast.

This is your host, Travis.

Today on the line with me is Claire Smallwood.

She's a free skier as well as a private chef and the executive director and co-founder of Shejumps.org.

This is a nonprofit organization dedicated to getting women and girls into the outdoors

and that teaches them the skills they need to thrive. She currently resides in Alta, Utah,

where she's also a sous chef at the Wildcat Chalet. Claire, welcome to the Adventure Sports

podcast. Thank you so much, Travis. I'm so happy to be here. We were just talking pre-interview.

The weather in Colorado is setting in quick to become full-on summer.

It's gotten up to 94 degrees already, and it's too soon, too much too soon.

So I think it's going to be fun to talk about a little bit of powder and free skiing with you.

So I'm pretty stoked to dive into that.

Sounds good.

I mean, yeah, powder's always on the mind for anybody that's ever experienced, I think.

No doubt.

Okay, so let's dig into your background a little bit.

Give people an idea who Claire Smallwood is and how it is you became a skier.

Did you start young or where is it later in adult life?

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