Hello, everyone and welcome back to National Park After Dark.

This is part two of the conservation president and the adventure that almost killed him.

And I've been sitting here waiting just as long as everyone else has, I feel like, for this episode because we're recording this a few days apart, which we don't

always do. But I've been sitting here in anticipation to find out what happens next.

Because in episode one, you did a lot of foreshadowing that I just know that this episode is going to

be filled with a lot of bad things going on. Yeah, well, let me just

tell you, I too wanted to find out what happened up until about 2 a.m. this morning when I finished

the book and finished my notes. So yeah, this was an incredible story. And that's why I kind of, in part one, I was like, I don't know how many parts this is going to end up being because I hadn't finished my research yet. And it was pretty down to the wire up until about 20 minutes ago as to what I was going to decide to do. But this is going to be the final part. And it's going to be a long one because of that.

I kind of just smushed everything into one. So I hope, Cassie, I hope you have water or tea. I hope you've

gone to the bathroom. I hope you have a comfy blanket. Blanket. Check. Bathroom. Check. Water. Not

but check. Great. I'm ready. Everyone else ready you're free to do whatever i'm here great

all right so let me give you kind of like a formal recap of part one of course as with every

multi-part episode it goes without saying you need to listen to the previous parts to have any idea of really

what's going on. But for you, especially since it's been so long, I'll give a little formal

recap of part one. Perfect. So we began speaking about Theodore Roosevelt and his many

accomplishments, in particular his lasting conservation legacy.

He was deeply passionate about the environment, a love that began in childhood that extended

into his adult life. He earned the nickname the Conservation President for a very good reason.

During his presidency, he established the U.S. Forest Service and protected about 230 million acres of public land,

thus creating national parks, forests, and wildlife preserves. In 1913, after losing the presidential

election and largely retreating from the public stage, Roosevelt embarked on a new adventure.

His lifelong love for nature and exploration led him to pursue an expedition

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