The Avalanche Hour Podcast Luc Mehl makes peace with Alaska's avalanche terrain
Joe Stock and Luc Mehl have been on many adventures together. Join them for a great conversation about risk management in wild places. In Joe's words: Luc Mehl is one of Alaska’s foremost adventurers, filling the gap between Roman Dial and Dick Griffith. He’s been at the forefront of ski traversing, packrafting, wild ice skating and now wilderness risk management.
Luc grew up in rural Alaska and has traveled over 10,000 miles of the state by foot, ski, pedal, paddle, and ice skate. Luc's work has earned several national awards, two for The Packraft Handbook, and others for public service in boating safety and leadership in wilderness risk management. Luc's business, Triple Point Training, provides wilderness risk management and rescue training.
Luc’s Triple Point Training: https://triplepointtraining.com
Luc’s Podcast and blog: https://thingstolucat.com/
Interview highlights
Luc grew up in rural Alaska and it shaped his life ahead.
Luc shares the story of a few of his big mountain ski trips including road to road ski traverses of Denal and Mount Logan.
Over the past 20 year Luc’s relationship with risk has evolved from pushing the envelope of what’s possible to finding peace with his place in the mountains. Part of this evolution included life-changing experiences with avalanches that have left him no longer comfortable going into avalanche terrain. He’s now at the cutting edge of wild ice skating and ice rescue.
Our conversation concludes with his new projects and work in wilderness risk management.
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Production: Caleb Merrill, Bob Keating