ep023 In the Eagles Nest

Danger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, travelling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the guardian of the forest, Ranger Bill, pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions.

Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. That's when you're hearing. A special kind of wind that only blows in high and dangerous places. To win the old Indians call the ghost wind.

When you hear it, it means trouble and real trouble, because you only hear it when you're way, way up in the peaks, up in the top of the Rockies, where a man is really on his own, or he's all alone with danger.

When I hear it, I'm reminded of one of the most exciting and unusual adventures Henry I ever had. A hair-raising story about the bare silent places, an empty air, and the fiercest birds in the world. I call it... In the Eagle's Nest. Ah, come in. Lieutenant Larson reporting, Sir, pilot, United States Special Aeronautical Survey Department, helicopter division, the

touch. Sure, sure, Ted. I know all that. You go through that whole speech every time I see video. We're not that poor melod here in the wild, you know. Sorry, sir. I kept forgetting. It's just that at cadet school we... Well, well, I have something special to report. Good news? It's a bat.

Well, I don't know for sure. Now sit down. Let's talk it over. Thank you. Okay, shoot. Well, sir, you know, I've been taking the helicopter on some pretty long flights lately, finishing up the aerial photographic survey for the ranchers. And for the last week or so I've always swung around through Lost Canyon that saves dodging a lot of those