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Outside/In

The Winter Rangers

Outside/In

NHPR

Society & Culture, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Nature, Science

4.71.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

During their twelve seasons as winter rangers in Yosemite National Park, Rob and Laura Pilewski have learned a thing or two about what it means to love a place – and a person. This episode comes to us from the wonderful folks at The Dirtbag Diaries, another podcast that features stories about conservation, epic adventures, and more.  Featuring Rob and Laura Pilewski   SUPPORT Outside/In is made possible with listener support. Click here to become a sustaining member of Outside/In.  Follow Outside/In on Instagram or join our private discussion group on Facebook.   CREDITS Host of The Dirtbag Diaries: Fitz Cahall This episode was reported, produced and edited by Lauren DeLaunay Miller Mixing by Evan Phillips The Dirtbag Diaries Executive Producer: Becca Cahall Music from Jacob Bain & Nis Kotto, Brian Bombadil, Joya, Roma 49, Garland, and Brendan O’Connell Outside/In Host: Nate Hegyi Executive producer: Taylor Quimby Rebecca Lavoie is NHPR’s Director of On-Demand Audio Our staff includes Justine Paradis, and Felix Poon. Catherine Hurley is our intern.  Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio Submit a question to the “Outside/Inbox.” We answer queries about the natural world, climate change, sustainability, and human evolution. You can send a voice memo to outsidein@nhpr.org or leave a message on our hotline, 1-844-GO-OTTER (844-466-8837). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Outside End. I'm Nate Hedgy. I was just combing through our archives, and I realized

0:06.7

that in all of these years of making the show, rarely have we ever done a straight up love story.

0:14.0

So this week we've got the perfect romantic tale for outside in,

0:21.0

but it actually comes to us from another great podcast called

0:24.3

the Dirtbag Diaries. Now the Dirtbag Diaries has been around for a long time. I mean I'd call it

0:30.1

one of the O.G. outdoor pods. So if you haven't heard it you are in for a treat.

0:35.2

They've got conservation stories, episodes about epic adventures and harrowing rescues,

0:40.4

you name it. One thing.

0:43.2

We're big fans of the opening banter on this show,

0:45.5

but we're gonna cut it out and get right to the story

0:48.2

because we figured you didn't need two separate intros

0:50.5

saying the same stuff.

0:52.0

All you need to know is that this romance story was produced by

0:55.0

Lauren Delanoi Miller, and it's about a couple of friends of hers. All right, here it is. Oh, So, the, It was on the early

1:25.0

the early 1990s and a teenage Laura

1:29.5

Pileuski, then Laura Green,

1:31.5

was on her way to California during a road trip with her family.

1:35.0

My family, being from the East Coast, there were a few summers where they piled me and my two younger sisters in a station wagon,

1:42.0

Chevy Chase style, which may not be a reference

1:43.9

that many of your listeners know.

1:45.4

And one summer, we went to Yosemite Valley

1:49.0

and a guy was just beaming by the trailhead sign that said to John Meer Trail to Mount

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