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A storytelling podcast, with first-hand amazing stories presented by Scott Johnson and Meredith Hackwith Edwards. Each storyteller tells their own personal true story, with all the details of what happened. Animal attacks, plane crashes, mass shootings, and more – you'll hear what happened directly from the person who experienced it, and the inspirational outcome of how they came out on the other side.
My favorite author is Jack London. His style of writing
paints a very vivid picture in my mind. As I read his stories, it feels like
I’m right there in the middle of it. One of his most well-known works is titled
To Build A Fire. This is the opening paragraph of that story.
Day had dawned cold and gray when the man turned aside
from the main Yukon trail. He climbed the high earth-bank where a
little-traveled trail led east through the pine forest. It was a high bank, and
he paused to breathe at the top. He excused the act to himself by looking at
his watch. It was nine o’clock in the morning. There was no sun or promise of
sun, although there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day. However,
there seemed to be an indescribable darkness over the face of things. That was because
the sun was absent from the sky. This fact did not worry the man. He was not
alarmed by the lack of sun. It had been days since he had seen the sun.
There’s something about the quiet, dark, biting cold of
northern Canada that really fascinates me. I’ve lived in cold climates, but
nothing like that. When the outside temperature gets to be well below zero, the
constant thought is just what you have to do in order to survive.
My guest today is David. He and his partner in this
adventure, Scott, dreamed of spending time in those conditions. But what they
encountered just in the first few days had them - from one hour to the next –
wondering, what else could go wrong?
Video of David and Scott returning to cabin site in 2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YHloQli_Gs
History of the Doc Forgey cabin:
https://www.docforgeycabin.com/
David’s book, Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure
and Survival –
https://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Creek-Adventure-Canadian-Wilderness-ebook/dp/B08KTXZ4S6/ref=sr_1_1
David’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidrscott/
Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here:
https://WhatWasThatLike.com/225
Scott’s podcast: https://notrealart.com/
Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was
done by James Lai.
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What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.
A storytelling podcast, with first-hand amazing stories presented by Scott Johnson and Meredith Hackwith Edwards. Each storyteller tells their own personal true story, with all the details of what happened. Animal attacks, plane crashes, mass shootings, and more – you'll hear what happened directly from the person who experienced it, and the inspirational outcome of how they came out on the other side.
