Learner’s Hermit (LIVE from PAX South 2017!)

The Austrian town of Saalfelden in the state of Salzburg is looking for someone to live in a nearby hermitage which was built more than 350 years ago in steep, rocky cliffs. So they put out an ad for a hermit. Meanwhile, a hermit in Gothic, Colorado, a ghost town deserted since the 1920s, spent the last 40 years recording all sorts of data, from daily snowfalls, temperatures, snow melting, animal sightings, and became one of the best resources scientists have to better understand global warming. Jeff and Anthony discuss these 2 hermit stories and decide whether the hermit life is for them.

This episode was recorded LIVE at PAX South 2017 in San Antionio. Thanks to everyone who came out to the live performance!

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Two stories today! This one sent in by Brian Towns: http://www.thelocal.at/20170113/wanted-part-time-hermit-to-live-in-austrian-cave

And this one sent in by Xaccie: http://www.odditycentral.com/news/man-has-spent-the-last-40-years-living-alone-in-colorado-ghost-town-recording-all-kinds-of-useful-data.html

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