Ice Climbing Niagara Falls with Will Gadd

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🗓️ 3 December 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Will Gadd has spent his thirty-year career mastering the balance between risk management and innovation in extreme sports. He has set two paragliding distance records, won numerous ice climbing competitions, and achieved multiple first ascents. In 2015, Will became the first person to ice climb Niagara Falls.

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0:00.0	That's what I've done my whole life, is figure out how to do things,
0:04.0	whether it's rock climbing, paragliding, any of these sports.
0:07.0	It's like, how do you do them and how do they work?
0:09.0	And so if I have problems, I like that.
0:11.0	It's like, how do we, how do you climb Niagara Falls?
0:14.0	Well, what do you need to do?
0:15.0	Or, you know, first descents in a kayak, it's like, what's going to happen in there? You know, it's just, these are problems, and this is what I love in life, is figuring
0:22.0	them out.
0:22.5	It's just, it's just interesting.
0:27.0	Canadian climber and paraglider Will Gadd has spent his 30-year career figuring out how
0:32.3	to manage risk while still innovating in his sports.
0:35.8	He's an accomplished Red Bull athlete who has set two
0:38.5	paragliding distance records, won countless ice climbing competitions, and climbed multiple first
0:44.4	ascents. In 2015, Will even became the first person to ice climb Niagara Falls. Yes,
0:51.2	the Niagara Falls. We'll hear more about that later in the episode.
0:55.9	I'm Shelby Stanger, and this is Wild Ideas Worth Living, an R-EI Co-op Studios production
1:02.1	brought to you by Capital One.
1:07.2	Will grew up with adventure in his blood. His parents were early climbers in the 1960s and 70s,
1:14.4	and from a young age, Will was out caving, kayaking, and climbing up rocks. Since then, Will has
1:21.4	continued to forge a life as an adventure athlete. He finds new outdoor challenges to try all year round. In the winter, he's scaling
1:29.9	ice walls and trekking in the snowy backcountry. In the summer, he's paragliding, biking, and kayaking
1:36.5	down rapids. When I spoke with Will, he was in his garage surrounded by gear. Axes, ropes, helmets.
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