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RunOut #102: Christian Beckwith digs in to the 10th Mountain Division

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The History of Teton Climbing

In 1939, 1940, Hollywood got involved with the 10th Mountain Division because they were sexy. There were two million skiers in the country at that time; there were 500 technical climbers. "It was like this incredible feel-good story in the midst of a war because skiing was sexy," he says.

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