Biking the Great Allegheny Passage and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Towpath
October 2025
6 days
273+ miles of peddling
Group Trip of 2
Circumnavigation of Isle Royale by Sailboat
September 2025
10 days
230+ Nautical Miles of Sailing and Motoring
Group Trip of 5
Taken as a class from North House Folk School aboard the schooner Amicus II
Hiking the Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage, Japan
February 2024
4 days
71km (44 miles) of guesthouse to guesthouse hiking
Solo Trip
One of only two worldwide UNESCO World Heritage Pilgrimage routes. Route follows ancient paths through the mountains of Japan’s Kii peninsula past many Buddhist Temples and Shinto Shrines
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Backpacking Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
June-August 2023
39 days
200+ miles backpacking
Group Trip of 5
Co-guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Menogyn
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Backpacking Yellowstone National Park
July-August 2022
11 days
70+ miles backpacking
Group Trip of 4
Guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Menogyn
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Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
June-July 2022
17 days
135+ miles of lake paddling
36 portages, including portaging into America at Prairie Portage
Group Trip of 6
Co-Guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Menogyn
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Canoeing the Buffalo River, Arkansas
May 2022
5 days
71 miles of paddling
Group trip of two
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Backpacking the Beartooth Mountains, Montana
July-August 2021
24 days
Group Trip of 3
Guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Menogyn
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Bike Camping: Around the Coast of Lower Michigan
August 2020
16 days
1,170 miles of peddling
Solo self-supported bike camping trip
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Isle Royale National Park, Michigan
July 2019
6 days
52 miles of backpacking
Solo Trip
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Green River Canoeing, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah
September-October 2018
28 days
463 miles of river paddling
Flatwater and Whitewater up to Class III
13 days with 1 partner, 15 days solo
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Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
August 2018
12 days
70+ miles of lake paddling
28 portages, including portaging into Canada at Prairie Portage
Group Trip of 6
Guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Widjiwagan
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Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Montana
July 2018
10 days
32+ miles of backpacking, 3 summits
Group Trip of 5
Guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Widjiwagan
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Nantucket Island, Massachusetts
July-August 2017
Self-Supported Bike Trip
2 trips, 4 days each
86 and 78 miles peddling, respectively
Group trip of 8 and 6, respectively
Guided as part of work for YMCA Camp Burgess
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Bike Camping: Hayward, Wisconsin to Zeeland, Michigan
September 2016
19 days
1,234 miles of peddling
Solo self-supported bike camping trip
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Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
June-July 2016
9 days
104+ miles of lake paddling
22 portages over 7 miles
Group Trip of 9
Guided as part of work for North Star Camp for Boys
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The Overland Track, Tasmania, Australia
April 2016
7 days
50+ miles of backpacking with additional mountain side trips
Solo Trip
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Lake Roosevelt, Washington
May 2015
4 days
18+ miles of lake kayaking
Part of a ‘Backcountry Travel and Leadership’ class from Washington State University
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Wenaha River Canyon, Oregon
May 2015
4 days
30+ miles of backpacking
Part of a ‘Backcountry Travel and Leadership’ class from Washington State University
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Seven Devils Wilderness, Idaho
September 2014
3 days
17+ miles of hiking
Group Trip of 2
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The Suwannee River, Florida
March 2012
5 days
65+ miles of river canoeing
Group Trip of 6
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White Mountains National Forest, New Hampshire & Maine
August 2011
7 days
75.2 miles of backpacking
Solo Trip
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Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, Michigan
May 2011
5 days
37+ miles of hiking
Group Trip of 4
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Black Creek, Mississippi
March 2011
2 days and 25+ miles of river paddling
4 days and 30+ miles of hiking
Group Trip of 10
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Grand Gulch Primitive Area, Utah
March 2010
4 days
14+ miles of backpacking
Group Trip of 8
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The North Channel, Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada
July-August 2009
6 days total
2 days spent on rock climbing
15+ miles of lake kayaking
Group Trip of 16 as part of Calvin College’s Wilderness Orientation
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