by Christian Beckwith | Nov 18, 2022 | Unabridged
Episode 2 Part 1 provides a sweeping overview of the history of skiing in America as told through the experiences of one of the 10th Mountain Division’s greatest unsung heroes, John Andrew McCown II. Episode includes interview excerpts with Paul Petzoldt, the Teton...
by Christian Beckwith | Nov 10, 2022 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack
In November, 2022, Hannah Provost interviewed Ninety-Pound Rucksack Host Christian Beckwith for the American Alpine Club’s podcast. You can check out the interview here. Here’s the podcast synopsis: “You’ve probably heard of the 10th Mountain...
by Christian Beckwith | Oct 19, 2022 | Unabridged
This episode explores how the 1939 Soviet invasion of Finland catalyzed the creation of the 10th Mountain Division… with a little help from the National Ski Patrol System, the United States Army, and a couple of twenty-something climbers from The American Alpine Club....
by Christian Beckwith | Oct 17, 2022 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
This Abridged version of Episode 3 explores the 10th Mountain Division’s backstory in the lead-up to America’s entry into World War II. The episode includes abridged interviews with Chris Juergens, PhD, the Anschutz Curator of Military History at History...
by Christian Beckwith | Oct 16, 2022 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
Episode 2, Part 2 delivers a deep dive into the state of American and European climbing before the war, as well as how the rise of the Third Reich caused some of the best German and Austro-Hungarian mountaineers to emigrate, influencing climbing and skiing in America...
