{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ninety Pounds of Rucksack: Episode 06","description":"Episode 6 follows the mountain troops to&amp;nbsp;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\u2014a place called, appropriately enough, Paradise. Show notes and resources:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/christianbeckwith.com\/ninety-pound-rucksack-episodes\/ninety-pounds-of-rucksack\/ Available only to patrons,&amp;nbsp;the Unabridged version of Episode 6&amp;nbsp;features the following exclusive interviews:  Bonus Episode 1:&amp;nbsp;an interview with professional trainer and world-renowned alpinist&amp;nbsp;Steve House&amp;nbsp;on the training protocol put together for the mountain troops by The American Alpine Club Bonus Episode 2:&amp;nbsp;an interview with&amp;nbsp;Kit DesLauriers,&amp;nbsp;the first woman to ski the seven summits, on the regiment\u2019s ski mountaineering training from the perspective of the modern ski mountaineer Bonus Episode 3: The original recordings of the songs the 87th's Regimental Glee Club used to sing at Paradise Lodge on Mount Rainier, including the one that gave Ninety-Pound Rucksack our title  To become a patron and unlock these and other perks, go to https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/NinetyPoundRucksack ","author_name":"Ninety-Pound Rucksack","author_url":"https:\/\/christianbeckwith.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/27583185\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/0c2386\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/27583185"}