Hi everyone. I'm Becca Cajal, an executive producer at Climbing Gold. We wanted to thank everyone

who has listened to Climbing Gold over the last two months. Our team has loved getting to share these

stories with you, and we are hard at work on the next three episodes, which will be

released soon. If you're interested in seeing photos of some of the guests we've interviewed,

be sure to follow us on Instagram at Climbing Gold. And if you're enjoying the show and have a minute

to spare, please consider writing us a review on Apple Podcasts. It really helps others find the show.

While we're finishing up the next episode, we thought we'd share a story from our other

podcast, The Dirtbag Diaries. It's about a form of climbing that we haven't touched on in this

series. Alpinism. In the summer of 2019, Steve Swenson, Mark Ritchie, Graham Zimmerman, and Chris Wright made the

first ascent of Lynxar, a 7,041 meter peak in the Caracorum.

Steve, who's been climbing for 50 years, had attempted to climb the peak two other times.

This time, he returned with a multi-generational team, continuing to break a different kind of trail for younger climbers to follow.

Since we published this story, the team was awarded the Pile Dior, an annual award for the most visionary alpine climb in September of 2020.

I hope you enjoy listening.

Music I hope you enjoy listening. Certainly I know people who have not compromised at all, and ended up kind of old and lonely

sitting there with their list of accolades.

This is Graham Zimmerman.

Graham loves climbing massive alpine roots

at the remote corners of the earth,

where the margin between life and death

is not only thin, but also really difficult

to see your sense. That, however, to me, is not only thin, but also really difficult to see your sense.

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