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Out There

Excavating Grief

Out There

Willow Belden

Wilderness, Sports, Nature, Science

4.6 • 608 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Mykella Van Cooten was angry, and she didn't know why. It got so bad that she began to feel unhinged.

And then, she went to a little cabin in the woods. In this episode, she tells the story of what happened. It's a story about stopping, about letting go, and about uncovering the real feelings that are buried deep beneath the surface.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hub and spoke. Audio Collective.

0:09.0

It's a beautiful Sunday morning. I'm in Colorado with my uncle. We're at the top of this mountain, and the view is just gorgeous. It's this panorama of snowy peaks.

0:22.6

And we're trying to figure out which mountain is which.

0:26.3

Because the day before, we had tried to summit one of them,

0:30.1

which didn't end up working out because we got caught in a snowstorm.

0:33.3

But anyway, we wanted to see where we had been.

0:36.1

So I pull out my phone and open up Peak Viser.

0:41.1

So North Arapaho Peak is straight in front of us there.

0:45.6

So when you say straight in front of us, does it look like the highest peak from us from our perspective?

0:49.7

Yes, it looks like the highest peak.

0:51.3

Okay.

0:53.5

And then you see the glacier.

0:54.8

That is the glacier.

0:56.5

Yeah.

0:56.7

A whole big snow bowl is the glacier.

0:59.0

Okay, now I get it.

0:59.7

Right.

1:00.7

PeakVisor is our presenting sponsor this season.

1:04.6

Their app helps you figure out what you're looking at when you're out in the mountains.

1:09.2

When you open it up, it determines where you are, and then it shows you a panoramic picture

1:14.4

of everything you're seeing with all the peaks labeled.

1:18.4

If you'd like your own personal mountain guide, check out PeakVisor in the app store.

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