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38 “Rooted in the outdoors since 1976” in kayaks, canoes, and rowboats, from the high arctic to the equatorial tropics. Learn how to enjoy the journey, and stay alive, when you’re in open water, on lakes or in the ocean, vulnerable to sudden storms, steep waves, contrary currents, icebergs, or salt water crocodiles. The Raven’s Gift Jon Turk has kayaked around Cape Horn, traversed the Northwest Passage and paddled across the North Pacific Rim. But, the strangest trip he ever took was the journey he made as a man of science into the realm of the spiritual. In 2000, in the remote Siberian village of Vyvenka, Jon Turk met an elderly woman named Moolynaut, a Koryak shaman, and learned about her voyages to the spirit world. A year later, Moolynaut entreated the spirit of a great, black raven to help mend Jon’s pelvis, which had been previously fractured in a mountaineering accident. When the healing was complete, Turk was able to walk without pain. Turk, a scientist, could find no rational explanation for the healing and the experience changed his life, irrevocably altering his view of the connectivity between the natural and spiritual worlds. Searching for the Raven Spirit, he traversed the frozen tundra where Moolynaut was born, camping with bands of reindeer herders, and recording stories of their lives and spirituality. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, The Raven's Gift is a life-altering vision of the ties between the natural and spiritual realms, informed by one man’s awakening and guided by the ancient Spirit Bird with wide black wings and the power to heal. national, regional & local music | workshops | kid’s activities | camping | food | and more! presented by four lakes traditional music collective, inc. 2010 sugar maple traditional musiC Festival 7 th annual! august 6 & 7, 2010 lake Farm County Park | madison, Wi Featuring: bluegrass, old time, Cajun, blues & other Fine handmade music sPonsored by: tiCkets, details at www.sugarmaplefest.org (tickets also sold at: Whole Foods, spruce tree music, Willy st. Co-op) { john van den brandt } How'd Ya Get That Shot?! Tips, Tales and Lessons Learned Afield In this fast paced, information packed presentation, wildlife photographer John Van Den Brandt answers the one question he's most frequently asked, “ How’d you get that shot?! ” John tells the story behind the shots, sharing the tips and strategies employed in capturing his amazing wildlife photographs, many of which have appeared in his nationally distributed calendars. Whether you’re new to photography or a seasoned veteran, you’ll come away from this all-new presentation energized and armed with an array of practical tools and ideas for visualizing and photographing the natural world. If you’re not a photographer but love wildlife, Van Den Brandt’s stunning images will leave you inspired to go out and explore your own wild places and witness first-hand the beauty and drama of the natural world. { hannah williams, matt abbotts } A Superior Adventure: A Couple's Journey Around The Big Lake Matt Abbotts and Hannah Williams set out to explore one of Myth: Kevlar skid plates cause poor performance, slobbering-up a canoe’s entry lines. Depressing. Only bad paddlers that bash into boulders with geriatric canoes need them. Reality: savvy paddlers use NorthWest Canoe skid plates. Tons of protection under a pound. Comforting. They know paddling prowess and hull shape determines the efficiency of a three-dimensional object moving through fluid. www.CanoeSkidPlate.com
the biggest bodies of fresh water in the world. Lake Superior is renowned for its unforgiving waters and the pair couldn’t think of a better way to test their recent engagement than a circumnavigation of its rugged and beautiful coastline. From the initial stages of planning to battling 10-foot waves it was a steep learning curve. They encountered overdeveloped shoreline with no available camping, dealt with third degree burns inflicted during a cooking accident, saw desolation in the Canadian wilds and made it through all the quarrels and arguments that nature could force upon them. Leaving their home in Houghton, Michigan they paddled west into an adventure they never would have expected. Seventy-five days later they returned to where they started with improved confidence in their kayaking, a stronger relationship, and a great story. { charles wright } Paddling Everglades National Park and the Wilderness Waterway Florida’s Everglades is North America’s premier winter time paddling destination. With water and air temperatures in the seventies, spectacular wildlife and nearly two million acres of protected wilderness, it is a paddler’s paradise. You can take a canoe into mangrove tunnels where brackish creeks interconnect lakes and the forest forms a dense canopy over your craft. You can take a day paddle to a remote island and walk a “mound” built by the Calusa Indians over 4000 years ago. You can sea kayak along coastal Florida and camp on pristine, uninhabited beaches that stretch for miles. You can paddle the Paradise Coast Blueway and the Wilderness Waterway in sheltered, flat water from one side of Florida to the other. Or, you can float leisurely out with the tide to a remote island beach for lunch. { skip yowell, BCM teens } The Big City Mountaineers Canoe Program - Changing Kids’ Lives “Canoeing is enjoyable because you are able to control your own boat by your own power. Watching other people go by in their motor powered fishing boats made me wish I could show them how much fun being in a canoe really is. In a powered boat like that, you don’t get to feel the ebb and flow of the water as you push yourself along. In a canoe, you need to communicate with the person who is steering. In my opinion, that builds a lifelong skill that will work in my favor in everything I do.” These words were written by a young man who had never been outside his inner city neighborhood. He was a participant in Big City Mountaineers, a nonprofit organization that seeks to enhance urban teens’ lives with outdoor experiences that transform the way they view the world. As a co-founder of JanSport and the author of The Hippie Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder and Other Mountains, Skip Yowell has had the opportunity to participate in many worthwhile adventures. One of his greatest endeavors each summer is a Big City Mountaineers week-long trip in Boundary Waters with four youth, whose lives are transformed by their interaction with nature. Join Skip and the boys from Urban Ventures for a look at BCM’s successful wilderness canoe program. In addition, Skip will show a short documentary film based on his book and hold a drawing for some rare limited addition JanSport packs. { ray zvirbulis } Paddle ‘Til Dark: A Yukon River Journey If you have ever craved to travel in the wilderness, to experience the solitude of a vast empty land, to feel the cold, wind driven rain, the warming sun while paddling a kayak, then come hear Ray’s story of a solo kayak trip down the Yukon River. Ray’s adventure really begins in the mid-50's when he first heard Sgt. Preston and Yukon King clear the Canadian frontier of undesireable characters. Because of them he had to see the Yukon Territory and Alaska. Deciding that a kayak was the best approach, in 1999 he began the first of his Yukon River journeys starting from Lake Atlin, B.C., the source of the river. His goal was to reach the Bering Sea, 2,300 miles away. Come see and hear his story. Then start packing. 39 Canoecopia 2010 www.rutabaga.com
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