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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It’s the 1960s, and two climbing buddies are about to lay the foundations for a new industry.

The older of the two is an outdoorsman and part-time blacksmith Yvon Chouinard. His younger buddy is Doug Tompkins, who abandoned his Connecticut rich-kid life to find his kicks in the wilderness.

Niether dreams of riches. They just want enough money to keep climbing. But when they both start businesses based on their hobby, little do they realize that they’re about to climb the heights of corporate America too.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars,
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0:06.0	One, two, one.
0:09.4	One, two, one.
0:12.4	One, two, one.
0:15.8	It's 1962, and in the Canadian Rockies,
0:19.0	American climbers Ivan Schunard and Doug Tomkins
0:22.4	are taking on a formidable challenge.
0:24.9	The North Face of Mount Temple.
0:27.9	At 11,600 feet, the mountain towers over Lake Louise.
0:33.5	The North Face is its coldest, iciest, and most unforgiving
0:37.2	side.
0:38.4	And that's exactly why Schunard and Tomkins
0:40.8	want to conquer it.
0:42.9	Tomkins stretches his arm over his head and grabs the ledge
0:46.4	above.
0:47.6	He tightens his grip and starts probing with his right leg
0:50.8	for a foothold.
0:52.5	But the moment he finds his target,
0:54.6	Schunard shouts at him from below.
0:57.8	Tomkins immediately presses his body
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