Trial by Fire
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Becky Jensen had given herself the perfect present for her 50th birthday: a two-week solo backpacking trip. But when she emerged from the trail, she learned that a wildfire had started near her home in northern Colorado. Her house might already be gone.
On this episode, Becky shares her story. She takes us from the tranquility of the San Juan mountains to a cramped basement where she waited out her evacuation, and explores how you find serenity when a natural disaster threatens everything you've built.
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| 0:00.0 | So I'm out for a hike and I've stopped by a little stream. And when I was packing my backpack this |
| 0:09.6 | morning, I couldn't decide how much water to bring. I didn't want to bring too much and carry unnecessary |
| 0:15.7 | weight, but I also didn't want to run out. Then I remembered that I would be passing by this stream part way through the hike, |
| 0:23.6 | so I could bring my new water filter and simply fill up there. |
| 0:27.6 | The water filter in question is from a company called Epic Water Filters. |
| 0:33.6 | It fits into a Nalgene and it filters the water as you drink. Turns out it was super easy. I just |
| 0:41.3 | filled the nalgene in the stream, screwed the lid back on, and started drinking. For 20% off your |
| 0:48.7 | purchase at epic water filters.com, use the promo code out there at checkout. That's epic water filters.com promo code |
| 0:58.4 | out there. Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores |
| 1:09.4 | big questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
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