And then you decide, well, I'm up here.

I've got to look over this thing and see what it looks down.

And you look down to life-threatening exposure.

And you realize, you know, I'm on the edge of a mountain here, man.

This is exhilarating and scary as hell.

And it was both exhilarating and scary as hell. This is the adventure sports podcast brought to you by 180 Tack.

Get out there and have some fun.

Episode 179.

Craig Dinkle talks about climbing Grand Teton and his preparations for the CDT and eventual Triple Crown. Hi, welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast. This is your host, Travis.

With me today is Craig Dinkle. As a young child, Craig's adventure life began with a near drowning

at a very young age of two. But instead of this this experience leaving him with a fear of water, Craig ultimately became an excellent swimmer competing for Cal State and qualifying for the Olympic trials.

He's an entrepreneur having grown a company from ground level into a half-billion dollar market, only to have it wiped out by the top-com crash.

Craig eventually found himself

summoning 13,775 foot Grand Teton in Wyoming and ultimately catching the bug to attempt a

through hike of the Continental Divide Trail. We'll talk about this and a little bit more on today's

show. So Craig, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. Hi, thanks for having me. It's a blast to be here. Thank you.

Glad to have you, man. So, yeah, I was reading over your bio. And wow, I mean, just the intro alludes to

such a small fraction of what you've done. It's neat to see all of these bullet points. So

let's dig in and start with that

point in life where at two years old you found yourself, you know, under some water and

in a bad situation. So what's how did that come about? Yeah, I'm not even sure quite how that

came about. We were New England born and raised, and at about two years of age, we moved out to California. My father was transferred to same company, but to different locations. So we moved up to Santa Barbara. And all I remember is one day we're on a pool deck somewhere, you know, family

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