While most of us are storing our skis for the summer, the Denali climbing season is just beginning. Climbing rangers are putting in Kahiltna Base Camp and the first climbers are on the mountain, soon to be followed by 1000s of others. Join us for the next Outdoor Explorer as we talk with two veterans of Denali, climber Colby Coombs and Denali Ranger Melis Coady.
HOST: Paul Twardock
GUESTS:
- Segment 1: Colby Coombs, owner of Alaska Mountaineering School.
- Segment 2: Melis Coady, Denali Mountaineering ranger and Executive Director of the Alaska Avalanche School.
LINKS:
- Mountaineering on Denali, from the National Park Service
- Alaska Mountaineering School’s homepage
- Training for Denali, by Alpine Ascents International
- Preparation and Training for Denali and other Big Cold Mountains
BROADCAST: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, May 2nd, 2019. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
