9: Patagonia. The Death of a Conservation Legend

National Park After Dark

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True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Grab your passports and your life jackets. In our very first episode completely dedicated to a National Park abroad, we head to Patagonia. In this episode we explore the iconic lives of Kris and Doug Tompkins and all the strides they've made in the world of conservation. Unfortunately, in the midst of these accomplishments, Doug passed away in a tragic kayaking accident. We discuss exactly what happened the day of his death and the extreme conditions that led to his demise. This power couple, even amongst tragedy, inspires the world to do better and to take action to save the environment.

We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you’re listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon to gain access to ad-free episode, bonus content and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook , and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website.

Sources: National Geographic. Gear Junkie. Tompkins Conservation.

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0:00.0	Imagine this. You're on the open road in a brand new Shkoda.
0:04.3	Your favorite playlist, Pumping Out. You can go anywhere you want.
0:09.1	Literally, because when you buy selected new Shkodas and our free fuel event,
0:12.8	we'll give you 500 pounds worth of free fuel until February 28th.
0:16.8	The world is your oyster. Or you could just go to the supermarket.
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0:58.0	Danielle, you kind of opened the Gateway last episode of Heading a Broad.
1:09.7	So this week, we are dedicating an entire episode to go off into another country and explore the
1:17.4	National Park System there. We are going to Patagonia.
1:21.4	So excited. I love Patagonia. But before we get into this story, we did want to make a little
1:29.7	announcement. Oh yes, we do. We have decided to add one bonus story a month on Patreon.
1:38.6	We have named these Can't Fire Stories and they are going to range from ghost stories to
1:44.1	listener stories to paranormal activity to murder. All depends, but it will be a bonus story that
1:50.6	only our Patreons can listen to. So it doesn't matter which tier you're on, any Patreon member has
1:57.0	access and will have access to future monthly Can't Fire Stories. But we're going to be releasing
2:02.9	those once a month. And we're excited to get those started because the first one was really
2:08.2	interesting. And we have a really exciting one lined up for this month, which we're going to be
2:13.9	recording today. So if you are interested in hearing these bonus stories, you can sign up for
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