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EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 14 MIN

Fire Lookout Friday: The Beginning

from Where in the Wild is Chris · host Where in the Wild is Chris?

Fire Lookout Friday: The BeginningThe journey to visit Washington’s last standing fire lookoutsIn January 2014, a low-snow winter, a map, and a phone call with my dad set off a chain of events I never could have predicted.This is where it all started. The story of how I ended up visiting all 93 of Washington State’s remaining historic fire lookouts and some of what happened along the way.Fire Lookout Friday is a weekly podcast and newsletter about Washington’s historic fire lookouts—their stories, their history, and the ridiculous things that happen when you decide to visit all of them. And then staff one.whereinthewildischris.substack.com Get full access to Where in the Wild is Chris? at whereinthewildischris.substack.com/subscribe

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