30| A Rescue and Resurgence: Mount Washington

Tragedy with a View

Once in your life, if you’re lucky, you experience something so profound it changes the course of your life for the rest of your days. This is Hugh Herr’s story.
This episode is blip in time to discuss how he went from a child prodigy in rock climbing, to a front line career in bionic limbs.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Herr
https://aspirin.media.mit.edu/biomechatronics/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2014/03/MensFitness_Dec2013.pdf
https://www.businessinsider.com/bionics-researcher-hugh-herrs-mountaineering-accident-2014-8
http://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13198304600/Frostbite-Hypothermia-Bad-Weather-Exposure-Lost-Inadequate-Equipment-New-Hampshire-Mount-Washington
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/tools/biomechatronic-man/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/apr/09/disability-amputees-bionics-hugh-herr-super-prostheses
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/mount-washington-observatory-worlds-worst-weather/
https://www.nhstateparks.org/getmedia/a131860b-ba4f-4873-9391-074d1a009580/About-its-Weather.aspx#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20its%20lofty,routes%20that%20affect%20the%20Northeast.
https://mountwashington.org/the-worlds-worst-weather/
https://mountwashington.org/worlds-worst-weather-why/
https://www.backpacker.com/trips/see-just-how-windy-earth-can-get-on-the-most-dangerous-small-mountain-in-the-world/#