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Zack Little

Jenny Lake climbing ranger and paramedic in Grand Teton National Park, known for first ski descents in the Alaska Range.

Oct 15, 2026

26:07
What goes through your mind as a rescuer approaching that section of the Grand Teton?
26:18
That is a bad place to be.
26:22
Complexity.
26:23
Yeah.
26:24
So the second tower is a feature on the east ridge of the Grand Teton.
26:29
It.
26:31
is not often climbed to its summit, but it's often traversed as part of the Easter Ridge route, which is, I would say, a pretty popular route on the Grand Teton.

21 MINS LATER

47:44
Yeah, can you speak to that a little bit?
NickHOST
7:22
What do you think?
7:25
Sure, yeah.
7:25
I think it's definitely sort of a Pandora's box, so to speak.
7:29
Like any amount of education, you can take it as far as you want to.
7:35
But for the average recreational backcountry skier, I think you need to be careful not to take it too far.
7:44
All of these skills are perishable.
7:46
That's something that you learn in your first rec level one course, your rec two course, your pro one.

14 MINS LATER

NickHOST
21:39
Are there other topics, things within this kind of realm of education and preparedness conversation that you wanted to bring up or that you wanted to mention today?

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