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...
by Christian Beckwith | Oct 26, 2023 | Unabridged
Featuring original and previously unpublished research, this Unabridged version of Episode 7 reveals the untold story of H. Adams Carter, the Harvard Five, and their groundbreaking efforts to make the 10th Mountain Division the best-trained, best-fed, best-equipped...
by Christian Beckwith | Jul 27, 2023 | Unabridged
Available only to you, our Patrons, this Unabridged version of Episode 6 follows the mountain troops to Mount Rainier National Park where, in the middle of February 1942, they began their ski training at one of the best places a soldier could ever learn to ski—a place...
by Christian Beckwith | Jul 25, 2023 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack
—Presentation to highlight Division’s Teton roots— Jackson, WY (July 25) – Many Teton County residents are familiar with the East Gros Ventre Butte subdivision known as Riva Ridge. Fewer know that its name commemorates Jackson resident Phil Lucas, who...
