She asked me, hey, are you okay? And I told her, no, I'm Ashley. Your host is for The Sharp End, a podcast brought to you by the American Alpine Club.

But before we get started, here's Josh with some information about American Alpine Club's Cragen Classic series coming up.

Hi, I'm Josh. I'm here to talk to you about the American Alpine Club's Cragen Classic series.

These touring three-day climbing festivals Alpine Club's Cragen Classic Series.

These touring three-day climbing festivals are celebrations of the fellowship that define our

sport and our lifestyles.

They are gatherings of the tribe. Powered by Camp USA, supported nationally by Scarpa, Arcterics, and Rock and Ice.

These events unite climbers around the campfire at world-class climbing destinations,

such as Shelf Road in Colorado,

coming up October 21st through the 23rd,

Moab Utah, October 28th through the 30th, and Bishop California, November 4th through the 6th.

If any of these weekends sound good to you, go online and sign up in advance at American Alpine Club.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks Josh.

Yeah, I'm going to go to the one in Moab, so I hope to see everybody there too.

And on with the show. So today I talked to a guy

named Felipe who was from Ecuador and was in the Wind River Range last month

in August climbing with a friend of his that he randomly ran

into just a few days before they went out climbing on this trip.

Welcome to the show, Felipe. If you would go ahead and introduce yourself.

My name is Felipe Peragno, I'm equatorin climber. Most people know me as Feli, which is short for Felipe. I've been climbing for the last 15 or 16 years. I started climbing in my

country and Ecuador and slowly made my way out into bigger wells, which is what I like to climb the most you know the big

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