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Fan listened to Caps win while climbing in Yosemite

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Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports

Tell us the story of the biggest Caps fan in your life. Tweet to @1067theFan with the hashtag #OURCup and your story could be featured in the days and weeks ahead. 

"Climbing the mountain" or "reaching the summit" are popular ways to describe the arduous mental and physical process of winning a championship. But how many fans can claim to listen to reaching the summit while reaching an actual summit?


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We found one: Will Irwin, a New Hampshire native living in Vienna, Va.

Irwin described himself as a "huge fan" of 106.7 The Fan and reached out via Facebook to pass along his awesome video of him scaling Washington Column in Yosemite while listening to the Caps clinch the Stanley Cup on TheFanDC.com:

-------------- All DC sports fans will remember where we were when the Caps became Stanley Cup CHAMPIONS!! -- -- Even if it was just over the radio... -- . . . . . . #ALLCAPS #rockthered #climbing #optoutside #washingtoncolumn #yosemite #adventure #bigwall @fiveten_official @gopro @capitals @1067thefan

A post shared by Will Irwin (@wirlwin) on Jun 12, 2018 at 1:48pm PDT

This is how the call sounded on 106.7 The Fan on the day that D.C. sports changed forever:

"THE WORDS THAT D.C. FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR SINCE 1974! THE WASHINGTON CAPITALS ARE THE 2018 STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS! IT'S NOT A DREAM! IT'S NOT A DESERT MIRAGE!" @WaltonCaps' WITH THE #STANLEYCUP GAME-WINNING CALL pic.twitter.com/2gYtPHpfZl

— 106.7 The Fan (@1067theFan) June 8, 2018

Unless one of the astronauts on the International Space Station was listening to the call, Irwin can claim the coolest location and most harrowing multi-task while listening to the Caps win the Cup.

Thanks for sharing, Will, and kudos on not jumping around in celebration.

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