That Time the Camp Snake Tried to Eat a Counselor

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Amazing things happen when young people spend their days outside and their nights sleeping among new friends—and a week far, far away from their parents. Kids learn to take care of themselves, and each other. But strange things happen, too, like that time a camp’s beloved pet snake chomped down on a counselor’s hand and wouldn’t let go. Or when a moth flew deep inside a camper’s ear and had to be extracted with an ancient and bizarre technique. Then there was the camper who brought her grandma’s ashes to camp... and wasn’t very careful with them. In this first episode of a two-part series, we begin our exploration of the specialness and weirdness of summer camp with a collection of true-life tales submitted by Outside Podcast listeners that will make you wish you could go to camp right now—and also question why anyone would ever send their kids. This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Avocado Green Mattress, makers of 100 percent organic-certified mattresses—and more products, like their new meditation pillow. Visit avocadogreenmattress.com to learn more. And to save $175 dollars on any mattress, use the code OUTSIDE175 at checkout.

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Avocado Green mattress,
0:05.0	makers of the 100% organic certified avocado mattress.
0:09.0	And maybe, like me, you've never really thought about what exactly goes into the piece of furniture you put inches from your face for hours every night.
0:17.0	I have to admit I never thought that a mattress could have potential, let's say, negative health effects.
0:24.4	Well, you know, so many mattresses are made with petroleum-based poly-earthane foam,
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0:33.7	This is Mark Abrio, one of the founders of Avocato Green Matras.
0:37.8	Those chemicals, Mark says, are very prone to emitting volatile organic compounds or VOCs which people know is off-gassing and they
0:47.1	can cause all sorts of health issues everything from irritations to asmas to more serious issues.
0:57.0	Which is why Avocado decided to do things differently, not only producing a 100% organic mattress, but creating a sustainable, socially responsible product by introducing the idea of farm to bedroom.
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