The Greatest Tragedy: Mount Rainier National Park

National Park After Dark

Danielle LaRock & Cassandra Yahnian

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

4.6 • 5.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Mt. Rainier has been the site of more than 400 recorded deaths since it was established as a National Park in 1899. Tragedy is no stranger of the glaciated peak with causes of death including climbing accidents, falls, avalanches, murder and suicide. However this 75 year old accident still holds the solemn title for the single greatest tragedy in the history of the park. Strap in and hold on tight as Danielle talks us through the Curtis Commando R5C crash of 1946.For the latest NPAD updates, group travel details, merch and more, follow us on npadpodcast.com and our socials at: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!For a full list of our sources, visit http://npadpodcast.com/episodes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Day 4 of my exclusively adult virgin voyage.
0:05.0	I've come to discover a new version of me.
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0:10.0	On my own private balcony, staring out at the ocean.
0:13.0	Instead of Gillian from accounting.
0:15.0	Yep.
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0:26.0	To travel agent or visit virginvoiders.com, now we're voyaging.
0:33.0	Welcome back everybody to National Park After Dark Episode 6.
0:55.0	How are we at Episode 6 already?
0:59.0	I don't know.
1:00.0	It's times flying by and I'm excited because my list of what I want to do grows every single week.
1:09.0	I already know what I want to do for the next two episodes.
1:13.0	Yeah, I think you have me a little beat but I have my next two episodes that are...
1:19.0	I just found these really cool stories so I'm stoked to tell them.
1:23.0	All right, so for today I think we're just going to jump right in.
1:29.0	And for this week's episode I decided to do a local story here in Washington.
1:36.0	And I am going to do the greatest tragedy Mount Rainier has ever seen.
1:43.0	And it happened in the 1940s so we're taking it back a little bit.
1:48.0	I really wanted to do Pacific Northwest theme this week.
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