Ep. 592: Stranded Overnight on a Mountain During a Blizzard - Brad & Melissa McQueen
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 28 November 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Originally aired February 6, 2017
In May of 2001, Brad, Melissa, Brad's father, and their dog were stranded overnight on Mount Evans in Colorado during a freak late-spring blizzard. With the day not going as planned, the group made the tough decision to take shelter and stay the night.
After the traumatizing ordeal, Brad and Melissa are on a mission to share their story for the benefit of others. Their story is about overcoming tragedy, a deep love for mountains, and continuing forward to make a difference in the lives of others. Don't miss this episode about Colorado 14ers, tragedy, and triumph.
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| 0:40.2 | incredible instant coffee felt pretty good that we'd make it down um unfortunately the snow |
| 0:48.3 | which we had just beautifully walked on top of in the morning when it was still frozen had melted |
| 0:52.9 | during the day and we were post-holing down to our thighs |
| 0:56.7 | and so again really slowed down on the descent this is the adventure sports podcast trying to help you find |
| 1:07.3 | adventure every day in any stage of life you you're going to hear from explorers, |
| 1:12.0 | adventures, business owners, and anyone living their life a little more out of the box than usual. |
| 1:26.6 | You know, when I first moved to Colorado, that's when I first really started getting into |
| 1:32.2 | summiting mountains. |
| 1:33.7 | Not one really called myself a mountaineer, but I like to summit, you know, the 14ers and 13ers |
| 1:38.0 | around here. |
| 1:39.5 | But, you know, it's a really popular thing to do, but you'll quickly learn that for me it was very |
| 1:44.7 | different than road cycling and bike touring, which is what I was used to. Up there at elevation, |
| 1:50.5 | things can change so quickly. And I learned that on my very first experience. It actually didn't have |
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