Ep 22 - The Three Essentials: Lessons from a Mountain Ranger - Dave Weber

the Sharp End Podcast

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🗓️ 1 November 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Flight medic and Denali mountaineering ranger Dave Weber returns to the Sharp End to discuss the common themes he's heard in the first 20 episodes of this podcast. As he tells Ashley, there are three simple but profoundly effective lessons for preventing and surviving climbing accidents. You can hear Dave's previous appearance on the Sharp End (Ep. 4) here: https://soundcloud.com/the_sharp_end/denali-ranger-dave-weber-a-day-in-the-life. The Sharp End is produced each month by Accidents in North American Climbing, an annual publication of the American Alpine Club, and is presented by Mammut, with additional support from Vertical Medicine Resources and Colorado Outward Bound School.

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0:51.1	podcast. Today on the Sharp End podcast. Today on the Sharp End I have a returning guest.
0:57.0	Last time we talked, he told me about an incident that happened up in Alaska in May of 2010 on a 2,500 foot snow and ice
1:05.9	route called Freezy Nuts. And if you haven't heard that episode I
1:10.0	encourage you to go check it out. It's episode number four titled
1:14.5	Nally Ranger Dave Weber, a day in life. So listen up and please enjoy.
1:21.8	Perfect.
1:24.0	My name is Dave Weber.
1:26.0	I am one of the climbing rangers for the Park Service up on Denali,
1:30.0	and then I also work as a flight paramedic for inter-m-life light in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1:35.2	Well, thanks so much, David, for coming back on the show.
1:38.2	Thanks so much for having me.
1:40.2	It's a pleasure to be back, and congrats on finishing up 20-plus podcasts and trying to do it in the back of a band I'm sure doesn't help.
1:48.8	It's exciting, editing on the airplane and yeah, I mean it's exciting. So you're in the Teton's?
1:56.1	Yep, I just have climbing in the Teton's for a couple of days before I'm back to Salt Lake.
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