Tragedy with a View

Climbing a mountain can be complicated, and enticing and even when life hangs in the balance, men still want more of it.
This, is part of the allure for the North Face of the Eiger. The first attempt up the north face had a 100% mortality rate, and for 4 years after that the mortality rate was 50%.
The wall became known as the “murder wall”, and with a name like that, rescue parties wanted nothing to do with it. If you were crazy enough to climb the Eiger, you got yourself off, or you died.
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.
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
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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.
Sources:Climbing.com; climbing.com; Time magazine


Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

In this surprise episode (at least for those of us at Tragedy with a View), Danielle and Maegan from Off the Trails invited me to join them in their final Sunday Scary series which airs the month of October.
Here we are talking about spooky and haunted trails, and figments of our imagination so frightening that it makes me want to stay far away from some of these beautiful and pristine areas.
Take a walk with us through Angelina National Forest, Black Forest National Park, the Cascade Mountains, and much more!
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.
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get the most up to see photos and relevant episode information.
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.

Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

When people discovered the comfort of entering a large cave it developed a new way for the general population to explore and experience caving.
But the caves were still dangerous and not all who went in were able to climb out.
Join Kayla in this week’s free solo episode discovering Sand Cave and the ghost of Floyd Collins.
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.
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get the most up to see photos and relevant episode information.
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.

Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

Sometimes, despite our very best efforts, when death comes knocking we find that the door is already open.
Join Kayla and Michelle this week as they discuss the devastating attempt to rescue a fisherman from a death trap in Prince William Sound. And even when things go right, it all seems to go wrong.
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Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

Join Kayla in this Free Solo episode where she discusses the disappearance of not just one, but two 23 year old men.
The details leave more questions than answers- even with the likelyhood that the disappearances aren’t connected.
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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.
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get the most up to see photos and relevant episode information.
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.

Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

Humans, while often brilliant, are usually the cause of their own miss step that leads to their demise.Hosted by Kayla, Tragedy with a View is an outdoor enthusiast’s podcast for those who love true tales of tragic loss and unbelievable survival involving the wilderness, wildlife and weather. Listening to Tragedy with a View, you will hear stories of death and survival, strength and beauty and an unteathered understanding that the wild plays by its own secret set of rules. Welcome to Tragedy with a View, what is life without close calls with disaster?

Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

A less tragic tale, and one for inspiration. Join me in this episode as we discuss a historic event on the slopes of Mount Rainier.
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.
Pre-order of new merch coming soon!
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get the most up to see photos and relevant episode information.
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.
Sources: https://www.historylink.org/file/21111


Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

*warning: we discuss sex crimes and murder in this episode.
In 1979, a gruesome and heinous crime is committed against a woman, who was simply trying to live her life to the fullest. Olympic National Park would host is very first murder inside park bounds, and thankfully, the violent offender would be captured quickly.
Of course we want to consider national parks a safe place and think that if anything’s going to happen, it would be more nature related than that of another human being coming into this beautiful space and shrouded it with evil.
Join Kayla and Caitlin as they discuss this case, the crime and get slightly off topic on consent.


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.
Pre-order of new merch coming soon: Shop Merch here!
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get the most up to see photos and relevant episode information.
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.

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Sources:AAC, NPS History, “A Rage to Kill and Other True Cases” Volume 6 by Ann Rule

Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

*Trigger Warning: Suicide is briefly discussed at the end*
Ernest Hemingway.
You know the name, but not the man. Here, we cover a brief overview of his life- and more particularly how he survived not one, but two plane crashes.
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.
Pre-order of new merch coming soon: Shop Merch here!
Be sure to join us on Patreon for exclusive content, sneak peaks, BOOK CLUB, and more!
Be sure to follow us on Instagram and Facebook to get the most up to see photos and relevant episode information.
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.
Sources: Montelcino, British Empire, NPR, The Smithsonian, NY Times, NY times, The Guardian, Britannica

Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.

Life can be hard, but children are resilient. 

As a child, you can find fascination in the simplest of objects, find friends in birds flittering by over your head, and companionship with the trees and leaves. 

You play eagerly, and learn without intention, letting the elements of the earth breathe life into your skin and soul. The sun dances on your cheeks and the wind rustles your hair. 

Helping you to connect to what really matters - for it is Mother Earth that provides everything we need to survive. Curled up in a bed of warmth. A belly full of berries and a stream satiated your thirst, you find yourself drifting off to sleep with nothing but wonder for tomorrow. 

You are almost 4 and when the morning sun brightens the sky, you open your eyes and blink the sleepiness away. Then your eyes focus and you find, that you are utterly alone. 

Welcome back to Tragedy with a View. 


Sources: 
https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/resources/rfn/sakha.html#:~:text=The%20republic%20plays%20an%20important,%2C%2033%25%20of%20the%20silver.

https://historicflix.com/the-story-of-karina-chikitova-the-real-life-mowgli/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6311361/amp/Girl-survived-12-nights-Siberian-wilderness-shows-remarkable-recovery-ballet-star.html

https://www.rbth.com/lifestyle/336335-karina-chikitova-survived/amp

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/girl-saved-by-her-puppy-siberia_n_5676414/amp

https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/little-girl-survives-11-days-siberian-forest

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2014/08/12/little-girl-survives-11-days-in-forest-thanks-to-family-dog-a38259

https://www.denverpost.com/2006/06/03/childlike-behavior-helps-kids-survive/








Love adventure, mystery, community and conservation? Tragedy with a View is the podcast for you. Here you will find stories of times people set off into nature, and found out what all could go wrong. Step into the darkerside of nature and join the growing community of morbid outdoor enthusiasts. 

If you have a story of your own involving paranormal encounters, close calls while hiking, wildlife experiences, a survial story of your own, funny camping mishaps, or explained events, please email your story to Kayla at [email protected] for the opportunity to be featured in a Campfire Confessional episode in the future. 

For more episodes just like this one, head over to Patreon for the entire AD-FREE catalog of episodes, bonus content, exclusive stories and early access to all episodes!

Join in each week to hear the unforgettable moments that remind us that nature always has the final word.