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The Modern West 45: Winning Winter

By Wyoming Public Media • Mar 26, 2019
  • Angela Vanwiemeersch ice climbing.
    Angela Vanwiemeersch ice climbing.
    Andrew Burr

Men and women skiers might race down the same mountain, but the prize money at the bottom isn’t necessarily the same. Plus, how ice climbing is warming to female climbers and a conversation with the women who made dog sled racing history.

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