{"id":198385,"date":"2024-12-03T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=198385"},"modified":"2024-12-02T12:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T20:48:38","slug":"ice-climbing-niagara-falls-with-will-gadd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/ice-climbing-niagara-falls-with-will-gadd","title":{"rendered":"Ice Climbing Niagara Falls with Will Gadd"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/032f5c9b-a1f9-4c30-89e3-d11d9d13706a?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/ice-climbing-niagara-falls-with-will-gadd\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Will:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/willgadd.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/realwillgadd\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/the-wisdom-of-expeditions-with-conrad-anker\">The Wisdom of Expeditions with Conrad Anker<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsor:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.simplecast.com\/accounts\/2b218f9f-84c0-42a2-980b-de1950c78d63\/shows\/32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922\/episodes\/48dcf2dc-e56c-400c-970f-e5e2a234031a\/REI.com\/mastercard-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>\u00a0and learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript 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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