Summer Read: They Chose Death over Life Apart

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.3 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Eric and Pam Bealer were living in a cabin in rugged coastal Alaska when they made a dramatic decision: they would exit the world together. Pam was suffering from multiple sclerosis and did not want to see her disease through; Eric did not plan to live without his wife. When they set off into the wild for the last time, they left behind instructions for whoever entered the cabin first. For the final episode of our Summer Read series, author Eva Holland explores the mystery and meaning of a frontier couple who charted their own way out.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by GoRV,
0:03.4	which wants to help you make the most of your family adventures on the open road.
0:08.8	Okay boys, we are rolling.
0:11.4	We'll be going.
0:12.8	Well that's the fun part.
0:14.2	Because we're sleeping in our new trailer, we can go anywhere.
0:17.2	No airplanes or hotels or crowded campgrounds are required.
0:20.8	This is the ultimate choose your own adventure vacation,
0:23.5	because we have everything we need with us.
0:25.6	Except my PlayStation.
0:27.1	You don't need that.
0:28.8	So wait, Dad, you actually don't know where we're going.
0:31.8	That's not what I said.
0:33.0	I have two places in mind and you guys get to pick.
0:35.7	We can go to the beach or there's a spot in the mountains.
0:38.2	Mountains!
0:39.0	Beach!
0:39.6	Mountains!
0:40.3	Beach!
0:40.9	Guys!
0:41.9	Guys!
0:42.8	How about this?
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