This podcast is produced by people who live near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park. It is the source for storytelling, news, and information about the canoe-country wilderness.
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 12: The Dan Cooke Tribute Paddle and Stories About a Legend
39:16
39:16
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
39:16
Dan Cooke was a "mentor's mentor" when it comes to the paddling scene in North America, particularly around the Boundary Waters region. The longtime owner of Cooke Custom Sewing, Dan passed away July 1. A paddle parade was held on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis August 10 to honor the life of Dan Cooke. Stories were shared about Dan’s love of paddling,…
…
continue reading
In life, people tend to get consumed by the concept of how something can be done, without giving thought as to why something should be done. When the Paddle and Portage Podcast first heard about the Boundary Waters paddle known as the Ely Challenge, we were guilty of this notion. We became fixated on the how. The idea for the Ely Challenge is simpl…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode 10: The Sounds Of Mallard Island
33:21
33:21
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
33:21
Emma Froh is an architect from the Twin Cities. She recently spent a week on Mallard Island, the former home of wilderness advocate and Boundary Waters paddler Ernest Oberholtzer. Emma and two of her colleagues, Mary Springer and Natalya Egon, were staying in what’s known as the Cedarbark House at Mallard Island. The structure used to be a floating…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Nine: Summer Storms Bring BWCA Community Together
28:39
28:39
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
28:39
Rain. It’s marked the start to the paddling season this year across the Boundary Waters. There was so much rain, in fact, that many portages and waterways across the BWCA flooded in late June. Roads near the Boundary Waters, from the Echo Trail to Highway 61, also flooded and were damaged by the heavy rain. In one area of the BWCA, a community form…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Eight: Experienced Introduction To The Boundary Waters
30:49
30:49
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
30:49
We all have to start somewhere. Even Sigurd Olson had to be shown how to paddle and portage a canoe at some point. We share stories in this episode about people taking their first trip to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We hear from Bob Carlson, who took a group of young paddlers on the Frost River in the BWCA this spring during a multi-…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Seven - Sex In The Boundary Waters
40:55
40:55
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
40:55
Sex in the Boundary Waters. It's a thing. Happens on some trips, not on others. In this episode of the podcast, we explore the sexual energy that stirs in the Boundary Waters and other wilderness areas, and among the people who visit these types of wild places.Featured in the episode of the podcast are: Dave and Amy Freeman, experienced paddlers wh…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Six Northern Lights On The Fishing Opener
36:00
36:00
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
36:00
Traveling across the Boundary Waters in May represents many things. A sign of spring. The start of the paddling season. And, of course, the great Fishing Opener. The team from 2023's epic and nearly fatal Fishing Opener trip on the Temperance River are back again this year. Omaha Erik Dickes. Kevin The Kman Kramer. Lord Baxley. And Freddy Friedrich…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Five - Author Tony Jones And The Path To Wild Places
48:05
48:05
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
48:05
Tony Jones is an accomplished Minnesota author who has a passion for wild places, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. As he describes it, when Tony walked out of the church several years ago and into the woods, he left the orderly pews and numbered hymns for chaotic spaces and untamed wilderness. Tony writes about this in his new b…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Four - A Greater Meaning To A Winter BWCA Trip
37:04
37:04
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
37:04
Friendship is an often-overlooked component that brings people to the Boundary Waters. So often we’re quick to reference solitude, natural beauty, the means to get away from the day-to-day grind, and other factors that bring people to the BWCA and Quetico. Three friends, Chad Roy, Mike Larson, and Glen Bruchmann, come to the Boundary Waters every y…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Three - Going Off Trail in the Boundary Waters
34:23
34:23
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
34:23
Not every lake in the Boundary Waters has a portage trail leading to its shores. Many of these lakes are gifted with the absence of humans. Similarly, the grueling grind of a long portage can be viewed as an obstacle to prevent some people from traveling deeper into the canoe-country wilderness. Others embrace such portages, knowing fewer people ar…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode Two - The Other Side Of Wild Ice
47:38
47:38
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
47:38
It was a season to remember for most who had the good fortune to go ice staking on a frozen lake in the Boundary Waters this winter. The ice came early, and it stayed clear of snow for many weeks. From November until early January, many lakes across the BWCA were ideal for ice skating. Some of the ice, however, was dangerous. Ice thickness could va…
…
continue reading
![Artwork](/static/images/128pixel.png)
1
Episode One - Wind Is The Ultimate Game Changer
47:06
47:06
Main Kemudian
Main Kemudian
Senarai
Suka
Disukai
47:06
If we've said it once, we've said it a 1,000 times: Wind is the ultimate game changer on any trip to the Boundary Waters. In the first full-length episode of the podcast, hosts Joe Friedrichs and Matthew Baxley navigate the complexities and challenges of wind during any given trip to the canoe-country wilderness. Expert guests, including a meteorol…
…
continue reading