The team recently took Dutch fitness guru Wim Hof’s ice bath challenge. Ryan earned bragging rights. The rest of us earned blue lips and uncontrollable shivering. We spent the morning dumping 1800 lbs. of ice into an aboveground pool in Adam’s garage at the Hood Ranch. All, so we could kick on “Thunderstruck”, climb in, and challenge our bodies and minds to work as one. There’s something crazy about measuring your whole earthly existence to AC/DC. Running on repeat, that song was blaring from the speaker. Our team and friends egged one another on, and, of course, making fun of each of us. You cannot control your initial response to dipping your whole-self into freezing water. That’s the whole challenge. Mind over body. To quote Joe that day, “I did not recognize myself when I got out.”
We used the Ice Challenge as a backdrop to record the inaugural episode of our new podcast, Table26.
A revolution is taking place in new energy, from microgrids to solar, hydro, and other green energy solutions. This transformation is creating opportunities for communities, businesses, and talented tradespeople to explore new models for powering our world. Table26 will explore this new landscape through our observations and conversations with some of the people driving this change.
Through the podcast, you’ll get to meet the Clay Dean team, and really see who we are. We’ll introduce you to community partners from across the West. We’ll talk with organizations, individuals, and community leaders involved in workforce pre-apprenticeship programs and show you some of the amazing work happening here in Colorado to serve veterans, justice-involved, or others looking for a new career.
We’ll talk to industry leaders and those pushing economic development and growth policies. It is through conversations with progressive developers, investors, and policymakers that we can find a common world-view on the transformation occurring in the new energy economy.
We invite you to listen and subscribe to Table26.