by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
Illuminating a pivotal moment in both military and outdoor recreation history, this groundbreaking episode reveals the collaborative efforts of America’s leading mountaineers to equip the 10th Mountain Division for war. Featuring extensive original research and...
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 23, 2024 | Unabridged
Illuminating a pivotal moment in both military and outdoor recreation history, this groundbreaking episode reveals the collaborative efforts of America’s leading mountaineers to equip the 10th Mountain Division for war. Featuring extensive original research and...
by Christian Beckwith | Feb 26, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack
On Sunday, February 18, skiers paid tribute to the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division with the Ninety-Pound Rucksack Challenge in three locations around the country: New York, Colorado and Wyoming. The ski mountaineering event, which marked the seventy-ninth anniversary...
by Christian Beckwith | Jan 13, 2024 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack
Seventy-nine years ago, on February 18, 1945, one thousand 10th Mountain Division soldiers began a night-time ascent of Riva Ridge, an escarpment in Italy’s Apennine mountains so steep the German soldiers stationed on top thought it impossible to climb. The successful...
by Christian Beckwith | Jan 12, 2024 | Unabridged
Episode 8: Gear Heads, Part 1 is the first segment of our two-part mini-series that examines the equipment, clothing and food developed, at great expense, for the 10th Mountain Division. Not only did this development make the soldiers’ ability to train for...
