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In August of 1967, a young climber fell and broke his leg while trying to ascend the North Face of the Grand Teton. It took 7 rangers from the Jenny lake district 3 days to haul him down. It was a risky, complicated rescue and they did without food. I talk to former ranger Ted Wilson about the rescue, about coming to terms with the victim's critical statements to the media, why people are still interested in the 1967 rescue and the advice he has for young climbers.The music on this episode comes from Brian Fawkes and was used under the creative commons license. us.creativecommons.org/.

On this episode I talk to someone who gives me in an inside look at how military vets can use the mountains to deal with the issues that service can bring up. Stacy Bare served in Iraq and was awarded the Bronze Star. He now writes for the Huffington Post and is director of the Sierra Club’s Mission Outdoors Program, which helps veterans and their families access the outdoors. In addition, he is also a North Face Ambassador and was named a 2013 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. The music on this episode comes from ExtraExtra and was used under the creative commons license. us.creativecommons.org/.

Today we talk about why people choose the gear they do, and why some people go for set-ups that make things harder and some cases may seem to make little sense to some people. The music on this episode comes from Brian Fawkes and was used under the creative commons license. us.creativecommons.org/.

On this episode I talk to Chris Lundberg, who besides being a prosecutor for Teton County is an ultra marathon runner. Many people run long distances here in Teton Valley, but most runners didn’t almost lose both of their feet only a few years a go. The music on this episode comes from Brian Fawkes and was used under the creative commons license. us.creativecommons.org/.

Nothing went wrong on Scott England’s trip to paddle a pack-raft down the Gros Ventre River. The problem was England was the only one who knew that.

So today on Get Out! the Podcast from the Teton Valley News, I talk to two people, a former mayor and former county commissioner candidate, to figure out why here in Teton Valley biking is political issue.

Andy Tyson is from Victor, and runs a solar and wind power company called creative energies, he also happens to be an experienced climber and mountain guide. So when NBC needed help powering its cameras to film a special on Mount Everest, Andy got the call. That TV special never happened. On this episode I talk to Andy Tyson about what it was like to just after the avalanche that claimed 13 lives, and what – if anything – the accident says about the state of climbing on Mount Everest. The music on this episode came from Nic Hodges and was used under the creative commons license. http://us.creativecommons.org/

On the second episode of Get Out! The Podcast, Exum backcountry ski guide Zahan Billimoria read an article he wrote for the Avalanche Review titled "On Graciousness." In it, he examined why people sometimes react to fatal slides by not only questioning people's judgment but by passing judgment on them, calling them reckless, irresponsible and worse. I caught up with him recently to ask whether his article had changed the way people react to fatal avalanches and to expand on some of the ideas he raised. The music on today's show came from the Exist Strategy and Strange days and was used under the creative commons license. http://creativecommons.org/

On this episode we talk about something that changes a lot of people in valley's relationship with the outdoors – kids. I talk to Jenny and Chris Jensen on how their lives changed because of their two kids, and specifically how their lives in the outdoors changed.

Today on Get Out! the Podcast we talk about fun. I think we all, on some level, know what fun is. So what do we mean by "fun" when the things we do for fun - hurt- cause us pain. To find out I talked the Queen of Pain. That's Rebecca Rusch's nickname. She is an endurance cyclist, adventure racer and climber based out of Sun Valley. We talk about her experience at Jay's Backyard Fat Pursuit this February.