Outdoor Trips

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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