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National Park After Dark

56: Dying for the Cause. Yosemite National Park

National Park After Dark

Audioboom Studios

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

4.84.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2022

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode we head back to Yosemite to have a debate. National Parks were created “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people”, but what happens when that enjoyment is restricted? BASE jumping is the most dangerous sport in the world, but that doesn’t stop people from wanting to pursue it. National Parks are some of the best (and safest) places to enjoy the sport, but it’s illegal. Today we talk about the history of the sport, the reasons the NPS have prohibited it and those who have such a passion for it - they'll fight to the death for the right to participate in it.

Nolan Smythe’s GoFundMe can be found here.

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0:00.0

Imagine this. You're on the open road in a brand new Shkoda. Your favorite playlist pumping out.

0:06.5

You can go anywhere you want. Literally, because when you buy selected new Shkoda's in our

0:12.0

free fuel event, we'll give you 500 pounds worth of free fuel until February 28th.

0:16.8

The world is your oyster. Or you could just go to the supermarket. A lot.

0:21.9

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0:26.1

participating retailers only term supply. Visit Shkoda.co.uk slash fuel offer.

0:32.7

Cops and criminals. Good guys and bad guys. Rule followers and rule breakers.

0:39.2

Growing up, many of us were taught that good and bad were easily distinguishable.

0:44.5

Right and wrong was easily identifiable and that rules were in place for a reason,

0:49.2

and they were meant to be followed. But as we grow up and our black and white world melts into

0:54.8

different shades of gray, that dichotomy isn't always as easy to navigate. We begin to question

1:01.3

rules, doubt their origins, and push the limits. We aren't so keen to blindly follow rules set

1:08.4

for us by others and ask a lot more questions that begin with why, and push back on guidelines

1:15.7

that we once may have accepted. Rules are put into place for a reason. They can provide a safety,

1:22.5

predictability, and can create order out of chaos. But what about those who seek to walk the fine

1:28.8

line between safety and danger, or who are stifled by routine and dream of the unexpected?

1:35.2

What about those who feel like birds whose wings have been clipped when weighed down by regulations

1:40.5

they feel are unjustified? What about those who believe that rules are meant to be broken?

1:47.0

Welcome to National Park After Dark.

2:10.7

This sounds like a free spirit episode. That's a really actually a great way of putting it.

2:16.8

Is it? Yes, it is. Do you have any idea of what I'm talking about today?

2:22.4

Now, just the way that you talked about it, and that some rules are meant to be broken, and

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