CASCADIA #10: Mount Hood Is More than a Pretty Peak

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Thanks for tuning in to CASCADIA. I hope you are enjoying our special season as we dwell in the misty valleys and ice-crusted peaks of the Cascade Mountain range. I hope your hiking boots no longer cause blisters and your knees have become accustomed to our hour-long treks together.

This week we're crossing over the northern California border into Oregon and switchbacking up the snowy heights to Mount Hood. Puzzling geology, home to a lodge Stanley Kubrick made famous, a place of at least one documented failed experiment, and site of possibly the best prank ever. Let's get into it!

1. Episode introduction
2. Mount Hood Facts
3. Indigenous History and Legend
4. Silent Rock
5. Reddit User Reports Mount Hood weirdness
6. Vesuvius and Mount Hood
7. Mount Hood's Worst Disaster
8. Midroll Promos - Paranormal Karen and Monique Pliakos
9. Best Prank Ever?
10. The plan for a gondola that failed (actual 1950s footage)
11. Oculus Anubis Temple
12. Oregon Trail Mini Road Trip in Our Minds (picture SpongeBob "Imagination!"
13. Show Conclusion
Sources and Materials

https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2012/02/mount_hood_unraveling_the_myst.html

Basic Facts about Mount Hood:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Hood
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/silent-rock
Mount Hood's worst recorded disaster:
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/mount-hood-disaster-1986/

On the lighter side...Is Mount Hood the site of the best prank ever
https://www.bradycarlson.com/the-guy-who-climbed-mount-hood-to-drop-off-a-morning-paper-for-his-friends-cool-weird-awesome-592/

Oculus Anubis Temple
YouTube on Oculus-Anubis Temple Footage on YouTube

https://drivinvibin.com/2021/10/29/oculus-anubis/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/oregon/oculus-anubis-temple-or/
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