by Christian Beckwith | Mar 3, 2023 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
Featuring original and previously unpublished research, Episode 7 reveals the untold story of H. Adams Carter, the Harvard Five, and their groundbreaking efforts to make the 10th Mountain Division the best-trained, best-fed, best-equipped mountain unit in the world....
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 3, 2023 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
This Abridged version of Episode 6 follows the mountain troops to Mount Rainier National Park where, in the middle of February 1942, they began their ski training at one of the best places a soldier could ever learn to ski—a place called, appropriately enough,...
by Christian Beckwith | Nov 10, 2022 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack
In November, 2022, Hannah Provost interviewed Ninety-Pound Rucksack Host Christian Beckwith for the American Alpine Club’s podcast. You can check out the interview here. Here’s the podcast synopsis: “You’ve probably heard of the 10th Mountain...
by Christian Beckwith | Oct 17, 2022 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
This Abridged version of Episode 3 explores the 10th Mountain Division’s backstory in the lead-up to America’s entry into World War II. The episode includes abridged interviews with Chris Juergens, PhD, the Anschutz Curator of Military History at History...
