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This is Jessica Taylor and I am the advertising manager at Out There Podcast and I'm actually in the middle of the Grand Canyon right now and I'm out at Plateau Point.

So I'm right above the Colorado River and and I've opened up my PeakVisor app.

PeakVisor is our presenting sponsor this season. Their app helps you figure out what you're looking at when you're out on adventures.

Let's say you're in a national park and you see a mountain in the distance and you want

to know what it is. Peak visor will tell you. It'll show you the name of the summit, how tall it is,

how far away it is, plus loads more info. It's really cool to be able to see every single point and

every single elevation of the entire canyon all the way around me.

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

You just might love it.

Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors.

Our theme this season is Secrets of the Earth. Each episode, we're harnessing the power of nature to better understand our own humanity. As we head into summer, many of us are thinking about swimming.

Whether it's a trip to the beach or a lazy day at a lake or just taking

your kids to the local splash park, being in the water can be deeply relaxing. It's a great

way to escape the daily grind and release pent-up stress. Of course, for most of us, these

activities come to an end when the weather gets cold.

But what if you could go swimming year-round? Outdoors. In a frozen sea.

Today, we're headed to Finland, where something called ice swimming is common. And we're going to explore what can happen when we try to soothe the brain by shocking the body.

Landry Ayers has the story.

And just so you know, this episode discusses depression and addiction.

Thank you. I'm standing on the Baltic Archaeppelago in southern Finland. I'm standing on the shore of the Baltic archipelago in southern Finland, about 7 kilometers from downtown Helsinki.

It's 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and while the sun is in one of its rare shining moods, the air is frigid, so much so that the entire sea before me is frozen solid.

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