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Starlight and Storm: The Inner Thoughts of a Mountain Guide — 287 episodes
“Shiver me timbers!”: Pirate guiding
Communication breakdown
Knot pass pt. 7 mariner’s hitch
Knot pass pt. 6 antigravity knot pass
Knot pass pt. 5 icarus knot pass
Knot pass pt. 4 keep it simple when terrain AND the situation allows
Knot pass pt. 3 closure
Knot pass pt. 2 fail points
Knot pass pt. 1 an intro
Quantum mechanics and super position
Using a third hand in lowering
Data mining
Discipline may not be your problem.
How to boil water?
The delicate relationship with land managers
Sand pile theory
Doubt w/Amity Krause Pt.2
Doubt w/Amity Krause Pt. 1
A beautiful life w/Joe Fratianni Pt. 3
A beautiful life w/Joe Fratianni Pt. 2
Wind
A beautiful life w/Joe Fratianni Pt. 1
Radiohead
The connection of kit/skill to wonderment
The performance puzzle w/Peter Doucette pt.2
The performance puzzle w/Peter Doucette pt.1
The straight line principle
Equivocation hitch
I’m not done yet!
The seated belay
Flow state
When do we get the rope out?
Thoughts on partner rescue in technical terrain
Thoughts on lap coils
Sometimes the best way to move forward is to just let go
The delicate balance of a facilitative experience
Silos
Get your kit dialed in
Take care of your kit
“What are you still hanging onto?”
Orders of magnitude
Pendulums
Levers
How do you know if a mountain guide is at a party?
Discomfort
Paralyzed
It Works!
Medical/life update
Risk w/Chris pt.3
Risk w/Chris pt.2
Risk w/Chris pt.1
One year medical anniversary
Ice Climbing! w/Kendra Stritch pt.3
Ice Climbing! w/Kendra Stritch pt.2
Ice Climbing! w/Kendra Stritch pt.1
Grain of salt
Another perfectly good hour w/Dick and Silas
The Process
Why I still make this podcast
What’s Next?
Knowledge…
Edge Transitions
Post Op
Surgery Eve w/Sarah O’Malley
“Rules are for fools”
Surgery update
Mountains are still dangerous
Repost with an intro:Homogenization
Releasable Rappels
Intoxication
Conviction
Ropes?
Intangibles
Every piece matters with Silas Rossi
Interfacing with Bolt Anchors
Save the date and micro relationships
Zebracorn, community, collaboration
The audacity of mountain guiding
The Gratitude Episode
Zebras and the Guiding Soundscape
Lemons
Improved Audio! Rossi Talk: Learning to Lead
Gym to Crag
Reading People
Managing Expectations
Financial Planning with Dan pt 2
Financial Planning with Dan pt 1
Guide the terrain not the route
The embodiment of skills
Career Advice?
A Shout Out To Praxis Skis
Mack Attack! Another discussion with Mack and her progression in guiding
Concepts and managing the details
Fast Food
What is good guiding?
Iteration
Polyphemus
Belay Takeovers
Spring Theory and Role Modeling
The Long and Winding Road: From new climber to certified AMGA Rock Guide with Paddy O'Mara pt.3
The Long and Winding Road: From new climber to certified AMGA Rock Guide with Paddy O'Mara pt.2
The Long and Winding Road: From new climber to certified AMGA Rock Guide with Paddy O'Mara pt.1
Scale with Silas Rossi
Own the material
State of the Union pt. 2
The Last Winter Guide
Hard Charging with Riley Whitney: skiing and ski technique pt. 2
Hard Charging with Riley Whitney: skiing and ski technique pt. 1
Time
Mental Health
So you want to start your own guide service
Watch those carabiners
Cleaning things up
Clip and Flip
Listener Request #3: Opposite and Opposed
Listener Request #2: Hard Points
The State of the Union
Another repost. Guiding kids.
Listener Request: Ground Anchors
The shelf
The Why
Reposting an episode I think is important. Elongation and fall line management
PSA: Wear a F#*%ing Helmet
The three pillars of technical rescue
Rossi Talk: Perspectives on the importance of habits pt. 2
Rossi Talk: Perspectives on the importance of habits pt. 1
Stacked Belays
Philosophical ramblings of a technical topic: Outside, Inside, Underneath
Reflections from Iceland
Position of Power
High Directionals
Directionals
Considerations for belaying at the top
Introducing leading to newer guides-instructors
Rossi Talk: Learning to lead
Backing up your rappel
On a Bight…
En Français
Thoughts about the skin track
Cooking pt.5 Putting it all together
Cooking pt.4 Food
Cooking pt.3 Cook Kits
Cooking pt.2 Stoves
Cooking pt.1 Macro
Conversation #10 pt.2 The Professional
Conversation #10 pt.1 The Professional
Conversation #9 The Magical Mystery Tour
Conversation #8 The man, the myth, the legend...
Shortening the rope with Silas Rossi
Conversation #7 Ferrari Rossi
conversation #6 The client/guide relationship
Guide Notebook
Navigation pt.5 Putting it all together
Navigation pt.4 Tour and Time Plans
Navigation pt.3 The Norths
Navigation pt.2 Coordinate Systems
Navigation pt.1 Apples to Apples
Conversation #5 pt.2 Academia
Conversation #5 pt.1 Academia
Conversation #4 The Chef
Conversation #3 Shannon Mayo
Conversation #2 The First Years
Decisiveness
Conversation #1 The Interns
Conversations
Friction Hitches
Terrain progression
Stress pt. 3 Performance under stress
Stress pt. 2 Performance Anxiety
Stress pt. 1 Client Stress
If there’s rope there’s hope
This one’s for Grommet
ROPE!!!
Just a cog in the machine
Changing the Narrative
15,000!
Witness the Fitness
Opinions
The Up to Down Transition in Caterpillar
Data Consumers and Data Producers
Mountain Craft
To Back Up or Knot
Terrain Familiarity
Passing the Baton
Details Matter
Millimeters
White Noise
The High Ground
Chess
No I in Team
Uncertainty
A Framework of Thought
Application and Refinement
OSI Interview
Courses-Exams pt.2
Habits
Courses-Exams pt.1
Remote Mentoring
LEGOS
Be Vigilant
Anatomy of a Near Miss
When Clients Want To Step Out
Multi Pitch Stance Management pt 2:Twists
Guiding in the Covid World
Curiosity Mind-set
Counter Balance pt 3:Context.
Counter Balance pt 2:Counter lower and rappel
Counter Balance pt 1:Tool choice and going up
Mechanical Advantage pt 4:Wrap up
Mechanical Advantage pt 3:Force at the Anchor, Friction, Progress Capture
Mechanical Advantage pt 2:The T Method and The Pulley Effect
Mechanical Advantage pt 1:Nomenclature
Open Dialogue
Top Managed Systems
Client Care
This is the end...Probably.
Multi Pitch Stance Management
Humility
Anchoring pt 13:Final Thoughts
Anchoring pt 12:Hybrid and Cascading Anchors
Anchoring pt 11:Distributive Anchors
Anchoring pt 10:Sequential Anchors
Anchoring pt 9:Rock Gear
Anchoring pt 8:Snow and Ice
Anchoring pt 7:Natural Anchors
Anchoring pt 6:Efficiency and Strong
Anchoring pt 5:No Extension
Anchoring pt 4:Equalization
Anchoring pt 3:Micro Structure
Anchoring pt 2:Macro Structure
Anchoring pt 1:Redundancy
This Game is Real
What’s in your Pack
Fatigue
Navigation
Dynamic Guiding for Young Children in Single and Multi Pitch Terrain
The Guiding Paradox
Rant
Prescriptive vs Descriptive
Sustainability
Closures
Biases in Guide Education
Spotting
Techtalk #10 SLCD’s
The Guiding Spirit
Accessibility
Own That Belay
Design
Techtalk #9 Le Piolet
Fundamentals
Risk and Reward
Techtalk #3 Plaquettes
Multitasking
Techtalk #8 The Universal Up to Down Transition using Parallel
Techtalk #7 Caterpillar, Parallel, End Roping
Terrain Revisited
Techtalk #6 Pacing
Look for the solution not the problem
Techtalk #5 N Anchor
Big Data
Stewardship
The Complexity in Simplicity
Techtalk #4 Short roping/pitching
Predictability
Efficiency
Logic and Balance
Elongation and Fall Line Management
Precision and Accuracy
Vision
Finish the Task
Resource Management and Intent
Rope Handling
Terrain
Pixels
Techtalk #2 Munter Hitch
Checklists
Are we Lucky or Are we Good?
Professionalism
White Belt
Techtalk #1 Overhand and Figure 8 on a Bight, 2 Loop Figure 8, BFK
Mentorship
Learning
Trust
Why we Guide
Why are You Doing This?
Introduction
The Process of Lifelong Learning