AWP Episode 125 ”Food Has No Beer Value” w/Eric Wickenheiser of The Alaska Rock Gym

Daniel Buitrago, Brandon Fifield & Jack Lau go full rock jock w/rock climber, musical artist & guitar teacher Eric Wickenheiser of the Rock Gym & Turnagain Arts Studio

 

2023 Kesugi Ridge Hike Re-cap, hiking foot injuries (Hot Spots, blisters and wet feet), packing beer, wine & booze, Eric intro, History and coming to AK, building climbing gyms, intro to Alaska, starting at the Alaska Rock Gym, becoming the manager, Alaskan climbing culture, its popularity and following, no shortage of good climbing, John Lau the climber, free climbing the arm, ultra light packing when rock climbing, managing a climbing gym & building a career path, the engineering and building of the AK rock gym, state of the art structure, changing the routes every 6-weeks, route setting talent, V4 Rating (Climbing Lingo & Bouldering), The Verm Scale, “The V-Scale”, auto belay, the 3-foot drop, the full freeze-up, the rock rip, Proximate development & the rock rip, Sage Brush Dry Bags & Products, @multistripsewing, Eric’s Denali experience, volunteering in your national parks “DENALI SYLE”, Denali Rescue Volunteers, clean mountain can, arch deacons tower, un coverable bodies, personal kit, tents & gear, Mountain Hardware T 4’s, Hilleberg & Nemo tents, a “regular” process, Athletic Greens, Whisper lite & reactor, fry bake, hauling good food, meat, veggies, bacon & cinnamon rolls, 14-camp, Janai basin, Kahiltna glacier/route, breweries & ciders open until January 1, 2024, hunter & Foraker mountain, short hauling side bubble, doughnuts @ 17k feet, 44 mile long Kahiltna Glacier, Xanadue Wall, starting Denali @ 7800 ft, traveling & climbing, Climbing el-cap in a day, on-site climbing, Sanctity of space,

 

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