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One of the most vivid, visual and dramatic impacts of climate change on sport can be felt in the mountains; on the snow and the ice.  The next Winter Olympics, in Beijing, will be held mainly on fake snow.  Broadcaster Matt Chilton, it would be fair to say, isn't wild about the prospect. Is there a future for the winter games at all?  What about the ski industry and the future for lower-lying resorts?  This is sport but also family time and livelihoods, as Val D'Isere veteran Henry Schniewind will tell you.  Hear first hand experiences from the mountains, from those who've experienced -20 degrees and proper winters.  Extreme Ice Mountaineer Will Gadd joins the pod to talk about his recent visits to Kilimanjaro.  The glaciers are his workplace, and his workplace is disappearing.  He searches for solutions to this existential crisis but knows the clock is ticking.   "We'd rather pretend and go skiing through dust than consider an issue so rarely discussed..." A NinetyFour19 Production for Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit.    www.ninetyfour19.com