Ep. 799: Climbing Grand Teton - Revisited - Craig Dinkel
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 17 January 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Craig Dinkel's adventurous life began with a near-drowning at the very young age of just 2. But instead of this experience leaving him with a fear of water, Craig ultimately became an excellent swimmer competing for Cal State and qualifying for the Olympic trials. He’s an entrepreneur having grown a company from ground level into a half-billion dollar market only to be wiped out by the dot-com crash. Craig eventually found himself at the summit of 13,775 ft Grand Teton in Wyoming and ultimately caught the bug to attempt a thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail and hopefully bag the triple crown thru-hiking the Continental Divide Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and the Appalachian Trail. Craig is also the founder and owner of the supplements company BioTropic Labs.
Originally aired June 30, 2016.
Craig Dinkel's adventurous life began with a near-drowning at the very young age of just 2. But instead of this experience leaving him with a fear of water, Craig ultimately became an excellent swimmer competing for Cal State and qualifying for the Olympic trials. He’s an entrepreneur having grown a company from ground level into a half-billion dollar market only to be wiped out by the dot-com crash. Craig eventually found himself at the summit of 13,775 ft Grand Teton in Wyoming and ultimately caught the bug to attempt a thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail and hopefully bag the triple crown thru-hiking the Continental Divide Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and the Appalachian Trail. Craig is also the founder and owner of the supplements company BioTropic Labs.
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| 0:00.0 | And then you decide, well, I'm up here. |
| 0:02.3 | I've got to look over this thing and see what it looks down. |
| 0:04.2 | And you look down to life-threatening exposure. |
| 0:07.3 | And you realize, you know, I'm on the edge of a mountain here, man. |
| 0:09.8 | This is exhilarating and scary as hell. |
| 0:12.1 | And it was both exhilarating and scary as hell. Hey folks, thanks for tuning in to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason, and today is a throwback episode because I |
| 0:39.2 | have the day off. It is Martin Luther King Jr. day. I'm spending with my family, celebrating |
| 0:45.2 | the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., and I'm trying to take some time to be with them. But I do appreciate |
| 0:52.0 | you tuning in today, and we've got a really interesting episode. |
| 0:55.0 | It's Craig Dingle. And he, you know, as you're going to hear when Travis introduces him, |
| 1:00.3 | because this is a throwback episode to quite a few years ago. He is a well-rounded, highly |
| 1:06.3 | successful person who has had many interests, many endeavors in life. So I always love hearing from people |
| 1:13.1 | like this about how they tick and how they're able to succeed in so many areas of life. So I hope |
| 1:18.4 | you enjoy. I hope you learn something. This is a really long episode. So if you've got to drive |
| 1:22.9 | ahead of you or just some time today, it's going to be hopefully plenty of content to keep you excited |
| 1:29.0 | and keep you motivated for your next adventure. |
| 1:31.7 | All right, let's go ahead and jump in. |
| 1:44.0 | Hi, welcome back to another episode of the Adventure Sports podcast. This is your host, Travis. With me today is Craig Dinkle. As a young child, Craig's adventure life began with a near drowning at a very young age of two. But instead of this experience, leaving him with a fear of water, Craig ultimately became an excellent swimmer competing |
| 2:01.0 | for Cal State and qualifying for the Olympic trials. |
| 2:04.4 | He's an entrepreneur, having grown a company from ground level into a half-billion-dollar market, |
| 2:08.7 | only to have it wiped out by the Doppel crash. |
| 2:11.7 | Craig eventually found himself summoning 13,775-foot Grand Teton in Wyoming and ultimately catching the bug to attempt a through hike of |
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