Longtime friend of the pod Ethan Edwards joins me today to chat about injuries, retrobolting, and the importance of public lands. 

Ethan will detail his surgery and recovery process from a skiing injury, and he’ll share how he’s approached training during this time so that he can be in the best shape possible once he’s completed convalescence. 

Then, he’ll tell us all about his retrobolting/rebolting project at Crow Hill in Massachusetts. We’ll discuss the delicate process of the importance of social buy in for retrobolting projects and how he navigated the situation in a way that seemed to appeal to everyone involved. 

If you live in the west and you believe in the importance of our public lands, please call your representatives to tell them to support keeping public lands protected! 

We have almost reached our fundraising goal for the new parking lot at Miriam Woods/Russell Crag! Help us get over the top by donating at https://www.centralnhclimbers.org/

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Do you have a listener question or a topic idea? Let us know at @firstascentpod on Instagram! Jay can be found at @jayknower. 

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