by Christian Beckwith | Mar 5, 2023 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
Episode 8: Gear Heads, Part 1 is the first segment of our two-part mini-series that examines the equipment, clothing and food developed, at great expense, for the 10th Mountain Division. Not only did this development make the soldiers’ ability to train for...
by Christian Beckwith | Mar 4, 2023 | Ninety-Pound Rucksack Episodes, Ninety-Pound Rucksack Podcast
With this special bonus episode, the 10th Mountain Division’s commanding officer, Major General Greg Anderson, and its Command Sergeant Major Nema Mobar identify some of the lessons learned from the Division’s World War II inception and the relevance of those lessons...
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Featuring original and previously unpublished research, Episode 7 reveals the untold story of H. Adams Carter, the Harvard Five, and their groundbreaking efforts to make the 10th Mountain Division the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...
