1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:06,320 [Foreboding Music] 3 00:00:19,510 --> 00:00:23,329 4 00:00:23,340 --> 00:00:25,629 We're putting them in situations when, which 5 00:00:25,639 --> 00:00:27,806 they've never been in. But what we're 6 00:00:27,806 --> 00:00:29,806 doing is asking them to not just be 7 00:00:29,806 --> 00:00:31,639 academically proficient but also 8 00:00:31,639 --> 00:00:33,917 technically and tactically proficient. 9 00:00:33,917 --> 00:00:35,861 So putting both of those things 10 00:00:35,861 --> 00:00:38,083 together, especially with, you know, 11 00:00:38,083 --> 00:00:38,009 tying 15 knots and having to learn them 12 00:00:38,020 --> 00:00:40,250 within the first six days of them being 13 00:00:40,259 --> 00:00:42,426 here is, is pretty difficult. 14 00:00:42,426 --> 00:00:45,180 Learning all the knot systems over roughly a 15 00:00:45,189 --> 00:00:47,709 five day period, extremely difficult, 16 00:00:47,720 --> 00:00:49,942 but we got through it. I have not done 17 00:00:49,942 --> 00:00:51,942 anything like this before. It's 18 00:00:51,942 --> 00:00:53,831 definitely been a challenge, but a 19 00:00:53,831 --> 00:00:55,831 challenge in one of the best ways. 20 00:01:00,009 --> 00:01:02,231 I think most people think that it's 21 00:01:02,231 --> 00:01:04,398 either in Colorado or at 10th Mountain 22 00:01:04,398 --> 00:01:06,398 Division in New York because of the 23 00:01:06,398 --> 00:01:09,269 name, right. But this school has 24 00:01:09,279 --> 00:01:11,223 been here for 40 years and we have 25 00:01:11,223 --> 00:01:13,446 every training site within two miles of 26 00:01:13,446 --> 00:01:16,290 or three miles from here. So, you 27 00:01:16,300 --> 00:01:18,970 know, we have cliffs, we have low 28 00:01:18,980 --> 00:01:22,099 elevation as far as altitude, I mean, 29 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:23,889 low altitude. So there's no 30 00:01:23,900 --> 00:01:26,011 acclimatization needed. You're in Colorado, 31 00:01:26,011 --> 00:01:28,011 that might be an issue. Same thing 32 00:01:28,011 --> 00:01:30,720 with the Marine Corps school. 33 00:01:30,739 --> 00:01:32,517 They're at a what's considered a medium 34 00:01:32,517 --> 00:01:34,628 altitude so you have to acclimatize 35 00:01:34,628 --> 00:01:36,572 when you get there. Here you 36 00:01:36,572 --> 00:01:38,683 don't have to. Some would say that's 37 00:01:38,683 --> 00:01:40,795 an important part of mountaineering. 38 00:01:40,795 --> 00:01:42,850 But for a two week class it's, it's 39 00:01:42,850 --> 00:01:45,017 just more compact. Everything's right 40 00:01:45,017 --> 00:01:46,906 here. You know, one stop shop. 41 00:01:50,339 --> 00:01:52,919 It's very selective here, which is, I 42 00:01:52,930 --> 00:01:56,279 think a good thing. For the 43 00:01:56,290 --> 00:01:58,457 mountain warfare school to have that 44 00:01:58,457 --> 00:02:02,220 need to bring a specific skill set 45 00:02:02,230 --> 00:02:04,063 and a specific demeanor. 46 00:02:04,063 --> 00:02:06,063 Basically, your students lives are 47 00:02:06,063 --> 00:02:08,397 hanging not only in their own harnesses 48 00:02:08,397 --> 00:02:10,619 but also in your hands. So safety is a 49 00:02:10,619 --> 00:02:12,397 huge thing and having that 50 00:02:12,397 --> 00:02:14,563 attention detail for it is, is really 51 00:02:14,563 --> 00:02:16,397 important. Like it's unique and 52 00:02:16,397 --> 00:02:18,759 challenging that the, the terrain is 53 00:02:18,770 --> 00:02:20,603 always changing, the weather is 54 00:02:20,603 --> 00:02:22,770 changing, the students are changing. 55 00:02:22,770 --> 00:02:24,881 It's, I'm working with a different team of 56 00:02:24,881 --> 00:02:27,048 instructors from year to year. It's a 57 00:02:27,048 --> 00:02:29,270 constant struggle to try to manage risk 58 00:02:29,270 --> 00:02:31,381 while at the same time, like putting 59 00:02:31,381 --> 00:02:33,854 out the best possible product for the 60 00:02:33,865 --> 00:02:36,464 students and thinking about, you know, 61 00:02:36,895 --> 00:02:39,145 the best way to promote learning and 62 00:02:39,404 --> 00:02:41,925 that requires us to be pretty dynamic 63 00:02:41,934 --> 00:02:45,809 in our approach. I think it's 64 00:02:45,820 --> 00:02:47,987 that challenge is what really draws me 65 00:02:47,987 --> 00:02:49,431 in to, to working here. 66 00:02:54,289 --> 00:02:57,399 It's a very niche community. and I get, 67 00:02:57,410 --> 00:02:59,521 I mean, I hate to say it, but I get 68 00:02:59,521 --> 00:03:01,577 paid to do this. I get paid to rock 69 00:03:01,577 --> 00:03:03,799 climb. I get, you know, paid to work 70 00:03:03,799 --> 00:03:05,966 with students. I get paid to use my, 71 00:03:05,966 --> 00:03:08,021 you know, lifetime of experience to 72 00:03:08,021 --> 00:03:10,199 put that towards the students. 73 00:03:10,210 --> 00:03:12,432 I also get to do it with some of the best 74 00:03:12,432 --> 00:03:14,543 in the world. So it's really cool to 75 00:03:14,543 --> 00:03:17,190 like, be here and do that. You know, 76 00:03:17,199 --> 00:03:19,330 we, we trust each other, we respect 77 00:03:19,339 --> 00:03:21,506 each other, we work together and play 78 00:03:21,506 --> 00:03:23,783 together and fight with each other and, 79 00:03:23,783 --> 00:03:26,006 you know, we, we listen to each other 80 00:03:26,006 --> 00:03:28,283 and it's, I think that's a rarity and, 81 00:03:28,283 --> 00:03:30,061 you know, in or outside of the 82 00:03:30,061 --> 00:03:32,006 military to, to have that kind of 83 00:03:32,006 --> 00:03:32,460 situation for most people.