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Podcast: Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson
Episode: Mountain Week: The Guy Who Climbed Mount Hood To Drop Off A Morning Paper For His Friends
Description: This week we're replaying some of our favorite episodes about fascinating peaks. In this episode from August 2021, a strange story from 1947, when two climbers woke up at the summit of Oregon's Mount Hood and found a quart of milk and the morning newspaper, dropped off by a friend. Plus: a study out of the University of Greenwich finds that bees may be more productive when they ingest naturally-occurring caffeine.
A quirky little mystery from 1947 on the summit of Mount Hood is finally solved (The Oregonian)
Bumble bees show an induced preference for flowers when primed w...