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FIRE LOOKOUT FRIDAY

A weekly podcast and newsletter about Washington's historic fire lookouts—their stories, their history, and the ridiculous things that happen when you visit them all. And then staff one.

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Latest from the Fire Lookout Friday Podcast
Oct 30

🎧 A Hearse and a Shovel

A rather unsettling fire lookout adventure, just in time for Halloween
Oct 23

🎧 Salvaging Slate

Picking up a collapsed 40-foot fire lookout tower
Oct 16

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Trial by Fire at Goat Peak Fire Lookout
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Middle Tiffany and Rock Mountain
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