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Will Gadd: Stay Stoked and Stay Alive


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In this episode, Dom Baker sits down with the legendary mountain athlete Will Gadd, a pioneering ice climber, paddler and paraglider.  Will has established some of the hardest mixed ice climbing lines in the world, set the world distance record for paragliding, and then beaten it, kayaked down dozens of first descents across North America, not to mention soloed the first one- day ascent of Canada’s Mt.Robson.  

Will has rigorously prepared for and completed high complexity adventures all over the world and in the process has developed a thoughtful perspective on risk, writing and talking about risk for years, including in a 2016 Ted Talk.  In this episode Will discusses his perspectives on exposure, consequence and how the public avalanche bulletin might not quite apply to ice climbing routes. 

Resources, Books & Links Mentioned:

  • www.willgadd.com 

  • Tedx Talk Video

  • Dunning-Kruger effect

  • Impossible Dreams: Remote paragliding and climbing in Canada!

  • Todd Conklin “The 5 Principles of Human Performance”

  • Daniel Kahneman “Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment”

  • Amy Edmondson “ Emotional Intelligence: Psychological Safety”

  • Annie Duke “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All The Facts”

Crew:

• Host: Dom Baker (@dom_baken) 

• Guest: Will Gadd (@realwillgadd) 

• Producer: Caleb Merrill (@theavalanchehourpodcast)

Sponsors:

Wyssen Avalanche Control 

Gordini

OpenSnow

Peak Visor ***Special Offer***

🎶 Music by Gravy @gravy.tunes 


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