Ep 58 - Crevasse Fall in the Tetons! - Tyler Willis

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Willis and a friend were descending from a successful ascent of Mt. Owen in Grand Teton National Park. It was late in the day when they reached the Teton Glacier, which they had crossed without a problem early that morning. Just a few steps later, Tyler plunged into a hidden crevasse, an extremely rare accident for the Tetons. By the time climbers pulled him to the surface, he was hypothermic, and it wasn't until the next day that rangers could helicopter him to safety. Hear all about it in Episode 58 of the Sharp End. Visit Sharpendpodcast.com to find video footage from the rescue and information on recognizing and treating hypothermia. The Sharp End podcast is presented by Mammut, with additional support from Desert Mountain Medicine, Suunto, and Minus33. This podcast is produced by the American Alpine Club.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Sharp-Inned Podcast. I'm Ashley the creator and hostess of the show.
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0:57.1	Medicine, Suinto, and minus 33 for supporting this show.
1:06.9	I'd like to introduce Tyler Willis for this next episode. He's a 35-year-old outdoor enthusiast and today he's going to tell us about his near-death
1:10.1	experience that happened this year in early August of 2020 on the Teton
1:15.1	Glacier and Teton National Park in Wyoming. Welcome to the show Tyler.
1:20.8	Okay my name's Tyler Willis. I'm a English language learner specialist in Evanston, Wyoming.
1:29.0	I'm married. I have two children. They are seven and four. I grew up in Heber City, Utah and kind of been playing in the mountains my whole life. I do a lot of climbing, mountaineering.
1:43.1	Canyoneering is probably the thing
1:45.2	that I do the most with ropes down in southern
1:47.9	and central Utah, going down through the slot canyons.
1:51.2	Do that quite a bit, and then skiing, backpacking, paragliding, scuba diving, mountain biking,
1:57.6	you know, kind of the gauntlet of outdoor sports.
2:01.2	Nice, sounds like you're pretty well rounded. Yeah, I just got my first park lighting set up this summer too and I'm really excited about that.
2:08.0	So tell me, what are we talking about today?
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