The woman who fought giant wildfires and became a hotshot

A veteran female Hotshot recounted what it was like to work probably the toughest job in firefighting, noting that the hallmarks are "black gunk in every crevice, chaffed armpits, and numb hands from vigorously swinging an ax into the soil, scraping away its flammable inhabitants."

The woman who fought giant wildfires and became a hotshot

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