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the_dude
Mountain climber
anchorage, alaska
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Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 27, 2017 - 09:07pm PT
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Hey everyone,
There's a new podcast hitting the airwaves! The Firn Line: A Podcast About the Lives of Mountain Climbers arrives this Friday, March 3rd.
A little background: Evan Phillips, the creator of The Firn Line, was an extremely dedicated alpinist and rock climber until an injury took it all away. After a bout of depression, Evan turned that drive and passion to music. For the last decade, Evan has been involved in numerous successful bands, recorded other artists and produced a plethora of amazing content.
He started The Firn Line as a way to stay involved with climbing and the community he treasures.
All of the music on the podcast is his own (and I personally believe it is fantastic).
Season one of the Firn Line centers around Alaska.
Episode one features Charlie Sassara who, among other things, climbed:
-The first winter ascent of Denali's West Rib (second winter ascent of Denali)
-The first ascent of the 7,000' east face of University Peak in the Wrangell-Saint Elias
-The West Pillar of Makalu
-Saved Jack Tackle's life on Mount Augusta in the Wrangell-Saint Elias
Please go to www.thefirnline.com and sign up for emails and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.
You can also follow Evan and the Firn Line on all of the usual social media outlets such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Here are a couple of promos:
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-Clint Helander
Anchorage, Alaska
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the_dude
Mountain climber
anchorage, alaska
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2017 - 10:36am PT
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Also, if there is anyone you would like to see interviewed on the Firn Line, post 'em here!
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Feb 28, 2017 - 04:19pm PT
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Daniel Woods
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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It is not Daniel Woods. 2/10
Bump for listening about someone going climbing.
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Ezra Ellis
Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
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This was a world class first episode,
Great work!
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the_dude
Mountain climber
anchorage, alaska
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 17, 2017 - 11:40am PT
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The second episode of the Firn Line podcast is now live. This episode is a continuation of episode one, on Charlie Sassara.
In Episode 2, we hear about Charlie's near miss on the West Pillar of Makalu in the early 1980s.
Check it!
http://thefirnline.com/category/season-one
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the_dude
Mountain climber
anchorage, alaska
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Topic Author's Reply - Apr 7, 2017 - 12:34pm PT
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The newest episode of the Firn Line is out.
Episode three features yours truly, Clint Helander. Among other things, we talk about Alaska's Mount Hunter, the Revelation Mountains, Mount Huntington and partnership.
Check it out and tell your friends!
http://thefirnline.com/season-one/life-revelations-clint-helander/
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Friendo
Ice climber
Manhattan, KS
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Great Podcast! Getting me psyched for my annual AK climbing trip. Can't believe all of the music is Evan's, he is a talent. So many great climbers to talk to, should be a long series.
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Hoots
climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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I really like the podcast Evan- one of the biggest takeaways is that you don't hear YOUR voice much, unlike many other climbing podcasts. You ask good, directed questions and let the guest take the lead. Keep up the good work.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Really good episode. Thanks for getting one started about alpine climbing.
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Don Paul
Mountain climber
Denver CO
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I will definitely be one of your fans. I've heard every episode of the Enormocast and Dirtbag Diaries. Tried to get interested in some others, but maybe I am only interested in climbing. I never listen to them until I get some kind of tedious work that I have to do on a computer, they are really valuable for that.
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justing
climber
Santa Cruz, CA
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This is a great podcast, and I've highly enjoyed the ones that I've listened to.
One thing I noticed is that the episodes often fall into a similar pattern. Alpinist learns to climb, pushes limits on new cutting edge routes, then experiences tragedy first hand via death of partner, thereby causing alpinist to reconsider the risks that they take.
I understand this, I just find interesting the implication that we systematically underestimate risk until experiencing it ourselves.
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Rhodo-Router
Gym climber
sawatch choss
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Dec 14, 2017 - 09:22am PT
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See if you can track down Jeff Benowitz. Occasionally posts here as JAB. Full of scrappy epic stories.
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evanphillips.ak
Mountain climber
Anchorage
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Dec 14, 2017 - 09:55am PT
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He's on my list!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Bodega
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Dec 15, 2017 - 11:32pm PT
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I've been loving the podcast, Evan. Thanks for a quality production and deep, poignant content. I appreciate that your guests are given time to contemplate the questions and develop complete answers without being interrupted. Keep up the great work.
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Don Paul
Mountain climber
Denver CO
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I just started listening to this and highly recommend it. Up there with the Enormocast but the subject is a little different. Easy to listen to and great production quality. I'll be stuck in front of a computer the entire month of January and this will be a great escape.
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