TPM Episode 126: Caroline Gleich, Mount Everest and The Climb For Equality

The Powell Movement

Mike Powell

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4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Once labeled a ski model, Caroline Gleich’s path to becoming a respected ski mountaineer has been quite the climb. From the billboards of Utah to the monsters of the Himalaya, there is no fear in this 5’1” ball of energy. The podcast gives a little of Caroline’s backstory and then a lot about Everest. It was a heavy year on the mountain and Caroline shares what she experienced. It’s a real look into a world that most of us only read about and it’s a great listen.

Caroline Gleich Show Notes:

1:30: Knee surgery (last week) recovery

5:00: Her backstory (2017): MN, Skiing, Utah, Kristin Ulmer, loss, photos, 2013, and challenges

20:15: Stanley: Get 30% off site wide with the code powell30

Evo: The best online experience in action sports with retail to back it up

21:30: Her insane 2018 (72 peaks), peaks she is proud of and proposing

28:00: Deciding to go to Everest, the reason, the cost

38:00: Spy Optic: Get 20% off on their site Spyoptic.com using the code TPM20

10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone

39:30: Cost continued, knee injury, and living in a high-altitude tent

46:30: The travel, base-camp, and what’s it like

54:00: ABC at 21K Feet, sickness, and food

59:00: The progression of camps, waiting an extra night at camp 2, and the bad day

53:00: Summit day, the climbing, and seeing death

70:00: The Summit, the way down, and, getting home

73:00: Inappropriate Questions

Transcript

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0:00.0	Look no further.
0:01.7	This is the Powell Movement.
0:11.5	Welcome to the Powell Movement.
0:15.0	I'm your host Mike Powell, and this week my guest is Caroline Glyke.
0:19.4	And Caroline and I are going to talk all about the
0:22.4	details around her Mount Everest trip. Now, Caroline and I go way back, and we talked for another
0:28.3	podcast, so I already have her backstory. The first part of this podcast is a re-edited 15-minute
0:34.4	snapshot of where Caroline came from. and then we chat about the climbs that
0:38.7	prepared Caroline for Everest, and then it's all about the big one. We dive deep into all the
0:44.4	details leading up to and during this incredible trip for Caroline. Everest is one of those
0:49.2	places that I've always been intrigued by. I've never had the desire to climb it, or climb much
0:53.8	of anything for that
0:54.6	matter, but the stories that come off that mountain can be inspiring, scary, or just plain unbelievable,
1:00.9	and I'm excited to share Caroline's version. Before we go to Mount Everest, I want to ask you to follow
1:06.4	me on Instagram at the Powell Movement. Subscribe to the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on.
1:12.2	And finally, please support my great sponsors who make the show happen. They are Evo, Stanley,
1:18.1	Spy Optic, and the 10 Barrel Brewery. Now, let's talk to Caroline Gleck.
1:24.0	Good morning. Good morning. How you doing? I'm good. How are you? I'm good. Thank you. How are you doing? I'm good. How are you?
1:28.4	I'm good. Thank you. How's your knee?
1:30.4	It's okay.
1:31.6	Just okay?
1:32.8	Yeah, it's coming along slowly.
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