16 - Mistake or Malice? Zion National Park

National Park After Dark

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Set aside your fear of heights and keep an open mind as we embark on the Observation Point Trail in Zion National Park – the same trail where Patricia Bottarini lost her life. Today, 24 years later, whether her death was a result of an ill intentioned husband or a tragic accident is not clear. In this week’s episode listen as Danielle walks us through the events leading up to her death, and the controversy that followed.

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Sources: Dispatch Argus. NWI Times. Desert News. US Department of Interior. Alpinist. Death in Zion National Park: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness in Utah's Grand Circle.

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0:30.7	Friday, May 9th, 1997 was a good day to be alive in Utah.
0:35.4	The late morning sun was creeping over the canyon walls
0:38.1	of Zion National Park.
0:39.8	Streams of sunlight illuminate the rich, red colored stone
0:43.4	while the lush greenery carpeting the canyon floors
0:46.1	seemed to stretch out their arms,
0:47.9	welcoming the morning warmth.
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