https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/home daily 1.0 2022-03-01 https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/order-book daily 0.75 2021-03-06 https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/contact-tygagne daily 0.75 2022-01-09 https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/ty-gagne-about daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdaaa01e616144c5e3b1056/b19f9923-b101-4a6a-a33e-fe7060ba3294/Ty+Gagne.jpg About - The mountains teach. For my entire life, I’ve called New Hampshire home. My experiences in the White Mountains and my love of mountaineering literature have played a significant role in my education. Both have taught me important lessons about decision-making, leadership, risk-taking-and humility. My professional work in risk management has allowed me to put these lessons to use on an almost daily basis. Several years ago, I decided to take things a step further by writing about real-life events that demonstrate the value of learning and heeding what the mountains have to teach us. In my writing and my talks with individuals, groups, and organizations, I also share my own encounters with decision-making challenges in hopes of helping others assess and reflect on the experiences they themselves have had at home, at work, or in high places. https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/tygagneessays-articles daily 0.75 2023-03-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdaaa01e616144c5e3b1056/1611367316538-SOLVW5B4RLBLLDNMYWU2/public.jpeg Essays/Film - Emotional Rescue First appeared in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of Appalachia, the country’s longest-running journal of mountaineering and conservation, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club. Reprinted in the New Hampshire Union Leader and Reader’s Digest as “Footprints in the snow lead to an emotional rescue”. Emotional Rescue is the true story of Pam Bales and her selfless act of courage and compassion, which led to the rescue of a distressed hiker on Mount Washington. The essay is the basis for the film Infinite Storm, starring Naomi Watts as Pam Bales. (If you’re thinking about suicide, are worried about a friend or loved one, or would like emotional support, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network is available 24/7 across the United States at 1-800-273-8255.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdaaa01e616144c5e3b1056/1608168669542-R5YZZFQ0R7Q94BPHG43V/IMG_4993.JPG Essays/Film - Weakness in Numbers: How a hiking partner can be dangerous Printed in the Winter/Spring 2018 issue of Appalachia, the country’s longest-running journal of mountaineering and conservation, published by the Appalachian Mountain Club. This essay, about hard lessons learned during my winter traverse of the Franconia Ridge in February 2008, will become the basis for “Full Conditions,” the Prologue of Where You’ll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova. This experience also inspired me to write The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites, about an accident involving two hikers on the same ridgeline eight days later. https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/weakness-in-numbers daily 0.75 2021-01-21 https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/store daily 0.75 2023-07-13 https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/tygagnebooks daily 0.75 2024-11-20 https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/tygagnebooks/the-lions-of-winter monthly 0.5 2024-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdaaa01e616144c5e3b1056/ddb1d00c-50af-4c09-883f-870f388656ce/IMG_3196.jpg Books - The Lions of Winter: Survival and Sacrifice on Mount Washington - The Lions of Winter: Survival and Sacrifice on Mount Washington The Last Traverse; Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/tygagnebooks/last-traverse monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdaaa01e616144c5e3b1056/1608412220102-0PIXNW4T9WWN7G5REZWU/The+Last+Traverse.jpg Books - The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites - The Last Traverse: Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites The Last Traverse; Tragedy and Resilience in the Winter Whites https://www.fullconditionsnh.com/tygagnebooks/wyfm monthly 0.5 2021-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdaaa01e616144c5e3b1056/1608411711044-7N2V1QJIURH197AMDO5Z/WYFM+cover+300+dpi.jpg Books - Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova - Where You'll Find Me: Risk, Decisions, and the Last Climb of Kate Matrosova On Feb. 15, 2015, Kate Matrosova, an avid mountaineer, set off before sunrise for a traverse of the Northern Presidential Range in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Late the following day, rescuers carried her frozen body out of the mountains amid some of the worst weather ever recorded on these deceptively rugged slopes. At thirty-two, Matrosova was ultra-fit and healthy and had already summited much larger mountains on several continents. Her gear included a rescue beacon and a satellite phone. Yet, despite their best efforts, more than forty expert search and rescue personnel, a New Hampshire Army National Guard Blackhawk helicopter, and a Civil Air Patrol Cessna airplane could not reach her in time to save her. What went wrong? Where You’ll Find Me offers possible answers to that question, demonstrating why Matrosova’s story—what we know and what we will never know—represents such an intriguing and informative case study in risk analysis and decision-making. Published August 2017. TMC Books.