A Fatal Lightning Strike and the Jenny Lake Rangers: Grand Teton National Park

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Check the weather before you head out on this adventure and leave any metal objects at home. In this episode we head to Grand Teton National Park and follow the journey of a group of climbers from Idaho who head out to summit the Grand Teton. When a lightning bolt hits 6 climbers at once, their only chance of survival are the Jenny Lake Rangers, the most elite group of rescue climbers in the entire US National Park system.For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at:Instagram: @‌nationalparkafterdarkTikTok: @‌nationalparkafterdarkSupport the show by becoming an Outsider and receive ad free listening, bonus content and more on Patreon or Apple Podcasts. Want to see our faces? Catch full episodes on our YouTube Page!For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	With your searching for the latest consoles,
0:09.0	or retro games,
0:12.0	wherever your passion takes you,
0:14.0	visa-seki-technology keeps your payments safe.
0:17.0	Visa, how you pay a mattress.
0:22.0	In Cloud DeGround Lightning, the energy seeks the shortest route to Earth,
0:26.0	which could be through a person's shoulder, down the side of the body, through the leg, and to the ground.
0:31.0	If the lightning does not pass through the heart or the spinal column, the victim will often survive.
0:37.0	Lightning current can pass through tissue and not cause harm,
0:40.0	as long as it is tracking an uninterrupted route and doesn't get slowed down.
0:44.0	If a bolt gets caught inside, the body and spends time there, however,
0:48.0	it can burn and cook from the inside out.
0:59.0	The dispatch call came in.
1:01.0	431 Teton dispatch,
1:03.0	respond to a report of a lightning strike on the grand Teton.
1:06.0	Five people down, I'm trying to get better locations for you.
1:10.0	The party appears to be on friction pitch on the grand.
1:13.0	One person not breathing, one person hanging upside down, and not breathing.
1:17.0	Three people missing, and not responding to verbal.
1:22.0	Welcome to National Park After Dark.
1:48.0	Welcome back everyone to another episode of National Park After Dark.
1:53.0	My name is Danielle.
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