Heros and kayaks
Greetings friends,
Spring is great! I used to think that spring was a sort of purgatory between winter and summer, but that was before I was introduced to spring kayaking. Here's a few shots from this week when I headed up to the North Shore with Andy Lichtenheld, Nate and Heather Herbeck and Nate's mom Luanne. Nate and Heather are originally from Mankato but have spent the last few years living out in the Hood River area of Oregon. These folks know how to paddle! Check their website at www.liquidkayak.com, great site, great people.
I was lucky enough to meet two of my personal heros this week - Will Steger and Ann Bancroft, two of the world's formost polar explorers, both of whom are from right here in Minnesota. I was shooting their induction into Midwest Mountaineering's Minnesota Explorers Hall of Fame, and had a chance to briefly meet both. These two are amazing people who are helping to lead the fight against global warming - a battle whose consequences they have both witnessed first-hand in their travels to the world's most solitary places. Steger and Bancroft were presented with donations to their respective foundations and were also honored with a shadow box display into which they each placed an item from one of their trips. Steger donated his cup and bowl from the historic 1986 trip to the North Pole, while Bancroft donated a head lamp from the trip as well. I was excited to take off my 'working hat' long enough to get a great signed poster of one of his trips. It's now hanging proudly in my office.
Here's another shot of kayaking before I sign off, this one of Nate Herbeck paddling Spruce Falls on Spruce Creek, near Lutsen, MN. Herbeck's run was probably the second descent ever on this falls, and closely followed a first descent by Andy Lichtenheld. Nice paddling guys!
Have a great day,
John.
Spring is great! I used to think that spring was a sort of purgatory between winter and summer, but that was before I was introduced to spring kayaking. Here's a few shots from this week when I headed up to the North Shore with Andy Lichtenheld, Nate and Heather Herbeck and Nate's mom Luanne. Nate and Heather are originally from Mankato but have spent the last few years living out in the Hood River area of Oregon. These folks know how to paddle! Check their website at www.liquidkayak.com, great site, great people.
I was lucky enough to meet two of my personal heros this week - Will Steger and Ann Bancroft, two of the world's formost polar explorers, both of whom are from right here in Minnesota. I was shooting their induction into Midwest Mountaineering's Minnesota Explorers Hall of Fame, and had a chance to briefly meet both. These two are amazing people who are helping to lead the fight against global warming - a battle whose consequences they have both witnessed first-hand in their travels to the world's most solitary places. Steger and Bancroft were presented with donations to their respective foundations and were also honored with a shadow box display into which they each placed an item from one of their trips. Steger donated his cup and bowl from the historic 1986 trip to the North Pole, while Bancroft donated a head lamp from the trip as well. I was excited to take off my 'working hat' long enough to get a great signed poster of one of his trips. It's now hanging proudly in my office.
Here's another shot of kayaking before I sign off, this one of Nate Herbeck paddling Spruce Falls on Spruce Creek, near Lutsen, MN. Herbeck's run was probably the second descent ever on this falls, and closely followed a first descent by Andy Lichtenheld. Nice paddling guys!
Have a great day,
John.
posted by John Pedersen at 8:19 PM
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