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National Park After Dark

She Lived Until Morning ft. Jean Muenchrath

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

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

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Today we sit down for a conversation with Jean Muenchrath. We touch upon her tragic fall off Mount Whitney, but really focused on her story after the accident. Jean brings us through her recovery, her travels and how transforming her mindset changed her life just as much as the incident in the Sierra’s. Jean also sheds light on the importance of mental fortitude and how sharing stories of personal struggle is a strength.All proceeds of Jean’s book are donated to charity - pick up a copy of If I Live Until Morning HERE and learn more about Jean Muenchrath HEREFor a full list of our sources, visit npadpodcast.com/episodesFor the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials: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!Thank you to this week’s partners!BetterHelp: National Park After Dark is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off.Alo Moves: Use code NPAD to get a free 30-day subscription.Lume Deodorant: Control Body Odor ANYWHERE with@lumedeodorant and get $5 off off your Starter Pack (that’s over 40% off) with promo code NPAD at LumeDeodorant.com! #lumepod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone welcome back to National Park after dark we hope you're all excited for this episode because Danielle so eloquently

0:07.8

alluded to it on Monday. Yeah did you like that I You left us off. It was like mid kind of story and then you're like and now you're going to hear it from the woman herself.

0:18.8

And we just hopped off our call with her and what a woman I mean just like infectious energy and just

0:26.8

so bright and bubbly and obviously our conversation touched on a lot of dark points in her life but the way that she's

0:35.4

carried forward is is really inspiring so we're really excited to bring our

0:40.5

conversation to everyone today.

0:43.0

Yeah, and her enthusiasm for travel is contagious.

0:47.0

It makes, I mean, in that whole conversation, I was like,

0:50.0

I should start planning my next trip right now.

0:53.2

I know as soon as we got off the call,

0:55.3

like we ended the recording,

0:57.2

but we still had further conversation

0:58.9

about sharing itineraries

1:00.9

and she has a lot of cool travel plans that she is willing and ready to

1:05.4

share with Cassie when Cassie leaves us all to go to Norway and yeah I can't

1:09.8

wait to leave you all for Norway but if you are just tuning into this episode and for some reason you did not tune in on Monday and you're just jumping into Thursday to give you a little recap here. Today we are doing a follow-up to a story in a way we never quite have before.

1:26.1

Monday's episode covered Gene Munchrath's survival story after a fall from Mount

1:31.0

Whitney. We talked a lot about her epic trip along the

1:34.4

Sierras and the fall itself that are discussed at length in her book if I live

1:38.8

until morning. However, the book is so much more than just her accident, just as Jean is so much more than just her accident just as Jean is so much more than what

1:44.7

happened to her that day on the mountain. In the second half of her book, Jean goes into detail

1:49.2

about how her life changed following her experience. She underwent such a profound physical,

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