Ep 59 - A 200-Foot Tumble on Longs Peak - Annie Weinmann

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4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

On the morning of September 5, Annie Weinmann and her climbing partner started up the North Chimney, a broad 500-foot slot that leads climbers to the Diamond, Colorado's premier alpine wall. Annie had done the North Chimney before and was comfortable climbing the easy terrain unroped and in approach shoes. But when she got slightly off-route, a foot slip led to a terrible tumble. In Episode 39 of the Sharp End, Annie tells Ashley what happened and how she survived a 200-foot fall, plus some fascinating insight into the circumstances that brought her to this point. The Sharp End is presented by Mammut, with additional support from Desert Mountain Medicine and Suunto. This podcast is produced by the American Alpine Club.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the sharp and podcast. I'm Ashley the creator and hostess of the show. This podcast is brought to you
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0:57.0	Thank you to our friends at Desert Mountain Medicine and Suito for sponsoring this show.
1:03.8	Hey friends, you know I've been producing these episodes for 59 months.
1:10.2	That's almost five years.
1:17.0	Five years. This is the longest relationship I've ever been in.
1:26.8	Sometimes the struggle to put these shows out. I'm not going to lie. I don't have a stable home I move around almost every three months and it's really hard to find the time to make this happen but I do it and guess what after
1:31.8	nearly five consecutive years producing this show, I'm mixing it up in
1:38.0	2021. I've got a new look, a new sound, and a new website. So stay tuned for the January 1st episode
1:46.7	when it all rolls out. Until then, let's finish off 2020 with Annie Weinman. She's a regular
1:55.2	badass who had a huge fall down the North Chimney in Rocky Mountain National
1:59.3	Park. The North Chimney splits the lower East face of Long's Peak and is the most commonly used route to access Broadway and the Diamond.
2:08.0	Mountain Project rates this climb 5.4 and it's about 500 feet and 3 pitches.
2:15.0	Welcome to the show, Annie.
2:17.0	So I'm Annie Weinman.
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