Throwback Thursday
Below is the first in a new series of blog postings I'll be running this year. The series, with the highly original name of "Throwback Thursday," will feature little known stories and facts from our national parks. Hopefully you'll find these tidbits as interesting as I have.
In 1920 Sequoia National Park had the audacity to ban anyone with a waist size of more than 32.25 inches from entering Crystal Cave. Well, I guess you could say they had a pretty good reason. On August 28th of that year, Thaddeus Brown, described as an overweight gentleman, became trapped in Hell’s Crack while touring the cave. After trying several rescue attempts – all failing – park rangers decided to starve him – for 3 days! After 3 days the man lost 14 inches on his waist line, and was finally able to free himself. According to a local newspaper account at the time, Hollywood actors took notice of this new “diet”.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
In 1920 Sequoia National Park had the audacity to ban anyone with a waist size of more than 32.25 inches from entering Crystal Cave. Well, I guess you could say they had a pretty good reason. On August 28th of that year, Thaddeus Brown, described as an overweight gentleman, became trapped in Hell’s Crack while touring the cave. After trying several rescue attempts – all failing – park rangers decided to starve him – for 3 days! After 3 days the man lost 14 inches on his waist line, and was finally able to free himself. According to a local newspaper account at the time, Hollywood actors took notice of this new “diet”.
Jeff
HikingintheSmokys.com
