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Line Life Podcast: Celebrating a Lineman's Rodeo Championship Team

Sept. 15, 2023

Duke Energy's championship journeyman team members share their memories, strategies for success and plans for this year's event.

Amy Fischbach

Related To: Huskie Tools

For T&D World's 2023 Lineworker Supplement, we featured a story called "Rodeo Flashback," which features some of the championship journeyman teams over the years. For our September 2023 Line Life podcast, which is sponsored by Huskie Tools, we are highlighting one of those teams from Duke Energy.

Two years ago, the journeyman lineworker team of Sandy Barnhill, Jay Tipton and Keith Griffin rose to the top of the competition and won the championship title. For our latest podcast episode, the trio share their memories from their years of competing at the International Lineman's Rodeo. For them, the Rodeo is both a time for competition and to spend time with their families and friends in the line trade.

To listen to the episode, click on the icon above. Make sure to follow the Line Life podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcasting app to be notified when new episodes are available. Email your comments on this episode and suggestions for future guests to [email protected].

Also, swing by T&D World's booth at the International Lineman's Expo to participate in a Line Life podcast recording and receive a free camo hat from our podcast sponsor, Huskie Tools.

To register for this year's International Lineman's Rodeo, click here.

About the Author

Amy Fischbach | Amy Fischbach, EUO Contributing Editor

Amy Fischbach is the Field Editor for T&D World magazine and manages the Electric Utility Operations section. She is the host of the Line Life Podcast, which celebrates the grit, courage and inspirational teamwork of the line trade. She also works on the annual Lineworker Supplement and the Vegetation Management Supplement as well as the Lineman Life and Lineman's Rodeo News enewsletters. Amy also covers events such as the Trees & Utilities conference and the International Lineman's Rodeo. She is the past president of the ASBPE Educational Foundation and ASBPE and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Kansas State University. She can be reached at [email protected].