Brad Meiklejohn: Setting the Early Uptrack for the Utah Avalanche Center
Utah Avalanche Center Podcast
English - March 11, 2022 22:06 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBWilderness Sports Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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A lifetime ago, back in 1981, Brad Meiklejohn was ski-bumming and working at Alta when he witnessed a full-depth avalanche on High Rustler. It was mesmerizing, and it changed his path in life. He went on to study snow and avalanches on the East Coast, moved back out West and joined what was then known as the Utah Avalanche Forecast Center. His life, or his sense of its preciousness, changed again when he recovered the bodies of four friends buried in the Talking Mountain Cirque slide in the La Sal Mountains. These days, he works as a conservationist in Alaska, and he joins us to share his memories of the evolution of the UAC and his insights on life, death and the true value of outdoor recreation.