What is life without close calls with disaster? Well, we dive into the very topic in this episode and exactly how different it can be for each person.

When Trish and Trevor were violently attacked by a grizzly bear on the trails, they found themselves with very different experiences when it came to recovery, and life after the attack.

While Trevor seemed to flourish, Trish had a harder time looking at her reflection in the mirror- a reflection she no longer recognized.

In this episode, Carmita from Missing in the PNW joins me in hearing about the area, about the attack, and the strength that Patrica Van Tighem displays even though she is no longer present in the physical world.

The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use.

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A father's love is often described as a powerful, guiding force, a foundational support for dreams, and a source of unwavering protection and belief. His love is emphasized by his actions, his love being a legacy that lasts forever, and his presence being a gift that shapes a child's life.

It is his very actions that can quite literally save his children’s life. Join me, Daniella and Maegan from Off The Trails to hear the heroic story of Aaron Gibbons and his fight to save his daughters from a polar bear.

The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use.

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With frostbitten fingers, Nigel Vardy clicked the bottons on his radio, desperate to relay the message that yes, they need help. They need a rescue. Behind him, his climbing partners hunkered inside of an ice cave trying to stay warm near the summit of Denali.

Come the morning light, thought, they would find that they just might have to rescue themselves.

This is the story of how Nigel Vardy, Stephen Ball and Anthony Hollinshead found themselves to survive North America’s tallest mountain.

The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use.

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Stranded for nearly 28 hours with a fractured back, broken nose, and crushed pelvis, Amber faced the desolate reality of her situation. With no cell service, she used her phone to take a final photo and write goodbye notes to her family. But what she did next is a testament to the indomitable human spirit.

We'll explore the details of her ordeal: the moment she lost her footing on a cliff, the agonizing hours she spent waiting for rescue, and the sheer will it took to survive. Discover how the owners of the local inn where she was staying became concerned and were instrumental in initiating the search that ultimately led to her rescue. We'll also discuss her long road to recovery, the physical therapy that helped her get back on her feet, and how this life-altering event reshaped her perspective, turning her into a stronger person and a more compassionate nurse.

This is a story not just about a fall, but about getting back up again.

What happens when adventure turns into a fight for survival?

In this gripping episode, Kayla dives deep into the harrowing true story of Yossi Ghinsberg, a young backpacker whose dream expedition into the heart of the Bolivian Amazon became a nightmare beyond imagination. Stranded alone in one of the most unforgiving environments on Earth—with no map, no gear, and no hope of rescue—Yossi had to confront the raw power of nature, and the limits of his own endurance.

This is not just a tale of survival. It’s a story of transformation, hallucination, and the razor-thin line between life and death.

Subscribe now—you won’t want to miss this journey into the unknown.

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In 2005, four young adults made a fateful decision that would end their lives. They had no warnings, no bad experiences- just tales of exploration and curiosity.

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The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use. 

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In 1845, the Copper Rush brought a slew of opportunities to those in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It brought them life changing riches, incredibly hard work, and opportunities to better their families for generations.

For Charlie and Angelique Mott, that same opportunity showed them betrayal, starvation, death, and a ghostly reckoning that keeps showing up.

Welcome back to Tragedy with a View.

The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use. 

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The stories of attacks by wild wolves are few and far between. Between wolves natural instinct to avoid humans, and humans uncanny fear of them, contact between a wild wolf and a person rarely comes to love.

but it does happen, and today’s episode focuses on one of the few who were not just attacked, but killed.

Welcome back to Tragedy with a View.

The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use.

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Loss from fire is devastating at its best, and horrific at its worst. When the 20 man crew of the Granite Mountain Hotshots showed up to help combat the Yarnell Hill Fire, none of them had imagined it would be their last moments alive. Had they contemplated death? Absolutely, yet they had clawed their way out of its grips before.

But as they found themselves suddenly surrounded by fire, in a thick cloud of smoke, temperatures becoming unbearable, the grim reality set in. There way no way out.

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The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use.

Merch is now available here!

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And don’t forget to send us a Campfire Confessional to [email protected] - accepting all stories from the outdoors but especially looking for those that make us laugh to help lighten the heaviness that comes with tragedy.

In 1910 North America was experiencing a boom in industries, and a fight for public lands. Without the knowledge we have today, those two factors came to a head when the protected lands of the Cascade Mountains and Canadian Rocky Mountains were used to connect the west coast to the rest of the country via rail road. No one understood the effects of logging in the mountains and how that would combine with wildfires to create a devastating and deadly game of playing chicken with the train.

But this chicken was the train, and the train was a wall of white. Listen now as this episode covers both the Wellington Avalanche Disaster and the Rodger Pass Disaster, which happened only days apart.

The outdoors are a beautiful that can be filled with light and bliss and many different ways to bring yourself closer to those you love and yourself. But they can also be filled with terror and death, imminent and oppressive. Join me as we dig into these stories that inspire you to be just a little bit more careful while you’re in the outdoors. Please rate and subscribe from whatever listening platform you use. 

Merch is now available here!

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And don’t forget to send us a Campfire Confessional to [email protected] - accepting all stories from the outdoors but especially looking for those that make us laugh to help lighten the heaviness that comes with tragedy.