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GK Memoirs
by Matt Karlsven
George Karlsven recounts his most meaningful life stories for his family.
Episodes
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81: Diving off of a ship and seeing the giant propellers underwater
George tells a story from his time in the navy as a sailing officer, diving 40-50 feet off of the side of the ship and seeing the giant propellers spinning slowly underwater. This story was recorded on March 24, 2023.
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80: Surrounded by elk while mountain biking
One day mountain biking in the Payson Lakes area of Utah, George and his friend Phil Anderson were nearly surrounded by a herd of elk grazing. This story was recorded on March 24, 2023.
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79: Avalanche at Snowbird with the boys
George tells the story of skiing at Snowbird around 1996 when an avalanche came into the parking lot of Snowbird and then more avalanches knocked cars off of the Little Cottonwood Canyon road. After that, no one was allowed to leave the ski lodge, so George and two of his sons, Mike and Joe…
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78: LD's side of the story: The Browns and other friends following them around the country
Laurel Dean describes how their friend group from college, particularly the Browns, followed each other around the country. Because of this, they had several friends come for their baby blessings. This made it feel like they had family close by even when they were living far away from her family…
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77: LD's side of the story: George's dad visits them in Utah and couldn't stop kissing baby Michael
Laurel Dean talks about when George's dad visited them in Utah and couldn't stop kissing baby Michael. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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76: LD's side of the story: Early married life in Springville
Laurel Dean describes their early married life living in a basement in Springville as she taught school there. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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75: LD's side of the story: She describes their honeymoon
Laurel Dean describes their honeymoon, including going to Disneyland, going to Santa's Village, and staying in a cabin at Bear Lake in the Sierras. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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74: LD's side of the story: She describes their wedding day
Laurel Dean describes their wedding day at the Los Angeles Temple and how their friends, the Browns, got married that same day in the same temple. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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73: LD's side of the story: George falls asleep during her family's home movies
When George met Laurel Dean's family, he fell asleep while they were showing him their family home movies. Laurel Dean also mentions first meeting George's parents and grandmother. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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72: LD's side of the story: A cop tells her not to get too cozy with George while he was driving
Laurel Dean shares about getting pulled over and the police officer telling her not to cuddle with George as he drives. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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71: LD's side of the story: She breaks off an earlier engagement
Laurel Dean shares the story of an earlier engagement she had that she had broken off after that man met her family and it didn't go so well. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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70: LD's side of the story: George gets out the yellow legal pad on their second date
Laurel Dean describes their second date which was to the Salt Lake Genealogy Library. On the bus to go there, George pulled out a yellow legal pad and began asking her about her finances. Later, Laurel Dean's good credit helped them rent a car. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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69: LD's side of the story: She prays in her closet to know if George is the one to marry
Laurel Dean describes making the choice to accept George's marriage proposal. She prays in her closet and receives a quick answer. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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68: LD's side of the story: Dating exclusively after George's ultimatum
Laurel Dean describes how she was going on dates with two guys, George and Brad, having lunch with Brad and dinner with George every day. George found out and gave Laurel Dean an ultimatum to choose one of them. Laurel Dean knew she was going to choose George, and they started dating exclusively....
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67: LD's side of the story: She wanted her husband to be an Eagle Scout
Laurel Dean says one thing she wanted in her future husband was that he would be an Eagle Scout. Her friends then asked George if he was an Eagle Scout and he immediately pulled out his Eagle Scout card as proof that he was. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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66: LD's side of the story: How she met George and their terrible first date at Lagoon
Laurel Dean describes how she met George at Alta Apartments when they were students at BYU. She talks about flirting with George after her friend Jodie told her that George liked her. She describes their first date at Lagoon, and how she was horrified by the scary rides but George loved them.…
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65: Where George and Laurel Dean first lived after they got married
George describes living with Laurel Dean in a basement in a widow's home in Springville after getting married. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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64: George meets Laurel Dean's family for the first time
George describes meeting Laurel Dean's family and experiencing their Christmas traditions like spending Christmas Eve making home movies of them hanging their stockings, and giving breakfast cereal as gifts to the children. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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63: George and Laurel Dean's honeymoon
George describes his honeymoon with Laurel Dean where they stayed in a cabin, went to Santa Barbara and Disneyland, and then spent Christmas with Laurel Dean's family in Culver City, California. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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62: George and Laurel Dean get married in the Los Angeles Temple
George tells about getting married to Laurel Dean in the Los Angeles Temple and how they decided not to have a wedding reception, but instead they had a dinner with her family before going on their honeymoon. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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61: George proposes to Laurel Dean
George tells how his plan to propose to Laurel Dean at Temple Square fell through when she got sick, so he proposed to her in her kitchen. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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60: How George started dating his wife, Laurel Dean Jensen
George talks about when he first met his future wife and how they started dating exclusively. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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59: George's ski challenge to his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren
George gives his challenge to his descendants to learn to ski and teach their children to ski. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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58: How George became a skiing fanatic
George tells about his first time skiing as a 13 or 14 year old, and then later skiing in college. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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57: Dave wins a semi-pro mogul skiing competition
George shares the story of when his oldest son, Dave, won a semi-pro mogul skiing competition despite not having a coach or being on a ski team. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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56: Mike endos mountain biking in Moab
George talks about mountain biking in Moab and seeing Mike do an endo but then jump over the handlebars, land, and keep running down the trail. This story was recorded on February 26, 2023.
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55: George goes off a ski jump in a basket carried by the ski patrol
George describes a ski crash where his calf muscle was torn because his ski did not pop off. He then tells about being carried down the mountain in a basket by two members of the ski patrol. On the way down, the ski patrol went off a ski jump while carrying George. This story was recorded on...
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54: George crashes into a woman while skiing and gets a deep cut on his ear
George describes skiing at the Park West resort in Utah when he crashed into a woman. She was fine, but George's ski popped off and hit him in the head, cutting a deep gash behind his ear. He then tried skiing to the bottom while bleeding profusely, passing out over and over on the way before...
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53: George gets launched and knocked out while skiing with Dave
While skiing at Alta with his son Dave, George hits a bump wrong which launches him into the air upside down. When he crashes down, he gets knocked out. He then gives us the advice to "leave the last run on the hill and it will make you want to come back." This story was recorded on February 19,...
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52: Physical therapy and skiing after knee replacement surgery
George describes the months of physical therapy after getting his knees replaced, and what it was like the first day skiing after the surgery. This story was recorded on February 19, 2023.
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51: What led up to George getting his knees replaced
George describes dealing with his knee problems before getting his knees replaced. This includes trying different procedures, putting up with the pain, and even a strange apparatus he used to relieve stress on his knees while skiing. This story was recorded on February 19, 2023.
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50: George gets both of his knees replaced
George describes getting both of his knees replaced. This story was recorded on February 19, 2023.
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49: George reflects on his heart procedure and the importance of regular exercise
George shares some final thoughts about his heart procedure, including advice on the importance of regular exercise, and his love of riding his bike up Provo Canyon. This story was recorded on February 19, 2023.
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48: Laurel Dean's perspective on George's heart procedure
George's wife, Laurel Dean, gives her perspective during George's heart ablation procedure. It turned out that she was the teacher of a child of one of the doctors that was working with George during the procedure. After making that connection, that doctor made sure she was informed and taken…
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47: George's heart ablation procedure
George describes what happened during his heart ablation procedure. This story was recorded on February 19, 2023.
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46: George and his friends take the train to do a 100 mile bike ride
When George was around 14 or 15 years old living in Maryland, he and his friends took a train out of town. Then, over several days, they did a 100 mile bike ride back home through the beautiful forest trails. This story was recorded on February 19, 2023.
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45: George gets stuck in a washing machine on the river
George describes a whitewater rafting trip where his raft got stuck in a washing washing, or hydraulic, nearly flipping the raft and tossing his out the back and into the churning water. He was sucked under the water four times before pushing off of the river bottom to escape the cycle of the...
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44: George explores an underground river with his friends
George describes caving with his friends and finding a giant cavern with an underground river. They would slide down hills of mud that dropped them into the river. This story was recorded on February 16, 2023.
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43: George comes face to face with a cave monster
George tells a story of when he was caving with friends, inching his way up a "chimney" in the cave when he put his hand on something that moved and started to screech. This story was recorded on February 16, 2023.
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42: George ignores a prompting and winds up stranded with a flat tire in Provo Canyon
George tells a story when he ignored a prompting to return home early from his bike ride. He ended up getting a flat tire in Provo Canyon and was stranded when he could not get ahold of Laurel Dean to give him a ride back. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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41: George is led by promptings to help a woman wounded and bleeding on a ski run
George tells the story of a day he skied at Deer Valley. He was guided by a series of promptings from the Holy Spirit until he was led to find and help a woman injured and bleeding badly from her leg after she had crashed. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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40: George is prompted to talk to a man on a ski run looking at an avalanche site
George tells the story of several promptings he received on a ski day at The Canyons, when he was directed to talk to a man on the ski run whose brother had been killed in an avalanche shortly before. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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39: The more you respond to promptings from the Holy Ghost, the more you will get
George describes that in his experience, the more he has responded to promptings from the Holy Ghost, the more he gets. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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38: George's advice to invite the Holy Spirit into your life
George describes a few basic principles to follow that can invite the Holy Spirit into your life, including prayer, scripture study, and repentance. He describes the simple nature of repentance. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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37: Steve Robinson's analogy of the bowling ball and the Church
George describes an analogy that Steve Robinson told him using a bowling ball to describe the Church. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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36: George tells the importance of having your own testimony based on the Holy Spirit
George tells the importance of having a testimony based on your own experiences with the Holy Spirit. It is unwise to base your testimony on other things, such as an incorrect belief that church leaders, members, or other human beings are infallible and do not make mistakes. This story was…
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35: George and Laurel Dean's reaction to the Mark Hoffman forgeries
George tells about the Salamander Letter, a forged letter Mark Hoffman made and claimed to be written by Joseph Smith. George says how he and his wife Laurel Dean relied on the Holy Spirit for their testimonies, so these forgeries did not cause them to doubt. This story was recorded on February…
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34: How George joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
George tells the story of reading The Book of Mormon in the Navy, gaining a testimony and becoming converted, and then joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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33: How George met Glen Brown, defending him from some bullies
George tells how he met Glen Brown in junior high. George defended Glen from some bullies at a bus stop. They have since been friends for over 60 years. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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32: George shares memories from growing up in the Lutheran Church
George shares some memories growing up attending the Lutheran Church with his family. This story was recorded on February 12, 2023.
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George Karlsven recounts his most meaningful life stories for his family.
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Matt Karlsven
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