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Adventure Sports Podcast

Ep. 617: Winter 14er Mountaineering - Revisited - Jeff Golden

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Science, Health & Fitness, Sports, Nature, Fitness, Wilderness

4.6579 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Originally aired January 16, 2017

Jeff Golden of the Colorado Mountain Club rejoins the Adventure Sports Podcast today to visit about climbing Colorado's 14ers again, but this time in the winter! Why wait for the short summer season? Winter mountaineering is beautiful and can be done safely with a little training and the right gear. Jeff does a fantastic job of explaining all about it on today's show.

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:11.8

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0:16.8

You know, there's probably 10 to 12 that you can do without a ton of extra effort as opposed to the summer.

0:26.8

But when people are asking me, you know, I want to do a 14-year-in-the-winner in the winter, which one should I try?

0:30.6

There's three I always point out.

0:34.8

This is the Adventure Sports podcast, where we hear stories of adventure from every corner of the planet.

0:40.3

We interview all sorts of folks who are using their sport to explore the world around them

0:44.7

and give you the inspiration you need to get out there and have some fun. There's a number of reasons I chose this episode.

1:01.8

One is the motivation of one of our most recent guests, Jason Hardrath, who climbed

1:05.9

Mount Shasta over the weekend like it was nothing.

1:09.0

Pretty inspiring.

1:10.5

And I thought, you know what? I don't climb 14 and I thought you know what I don't

1:12.4

climb 14ers in the winter and I don't know why I guess I just don't think about it I don't

1:17.2

I'm busy usually but also I don't feel like I can half the time you know whether trailheads

1:22.2

are recovered you know my truck needs work or you know the baby needs something it's always

1:26.6

something you know but I realized you know, the baby needs something. It's always something, you know.

1:33.6

But I realize, you know, there really is no reason I can't go out and try it. I don't need a ton of gear. And what I liked about Jeff's approach is that he makes it very, you know, very approachable,

1:39.0

essentially, lists some mountains that you can climb. And by the way, this episode is three years

1:44.1

old, but it still applies, of course. And if you're climb. And by the way, this episode is three years old,

1:44.6

but it still applies, of course. And if you're not familiar with what a 14er is,

1:49.2

it's a mountain that is higher than 14,000 feet. And here in the States,

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