This week we’re featuring an episode of the Outside Podcast from Outside Magazine.
In August 2011, a lightning strike hit the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Minnesota, and the Pagami Creek Wildfire started. But the wildfire was in a bog, surrounded by lakes – the kind of fire you could pretty much ignore.
At least that’s what Greg and Julie Welch thought, who were on their annual camping trip.
But when conditions suddenly changed, the couple found themselves directly in the fire’s path. And it was moving fast.
“And all I could see was a wall of fire and it was just insane,” said Julie. “At that moment – that’s when I panicked.”
“I literally thought to myself, ‘This might be the last day, right now,’” Greg said.
Credits for Outside Podcast:
Producer / Editor: Peter Frick-Wright
Narrator / Sound Designer: Robbie Carver
Music: Robbie Carver
The episode was based on a story written by Frank Bures for Outside Online.
