Mrs. Olsen spent part of the summer in France...but a real highlight was actually in Montana. She hiked up Mann Gulch to see where 13 firefighters died in August of 1949.
They were dropped in by parachute, and within a few hours, most of them were dead. Only three survived. The most famous part about the fire was that one of the firefighters survived by lighting a backfire. He quickly laid down in the ashes while the fire swept over him. The others weren't so lucky. The remainder died of smoke inhalation and burns. Two survived for just a few hours.
