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On “Outdoor Explorer” you're invited to step outside into Alaska. Follow us to a new trail or fishing hole, learn what to pack, when to go, and most importantly, how to stay safe. Learn about life-long fitness and get inspired to go outside in the backcountry or on the bike trails.
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Volunteering in the outdoors | Outdoor Explorer
Volunteers contribute immensely to our ability to access and enjoy the outdoors. Whether building and maintaining trails, organizing races, teaching and mentoring beginners, pulling invasive weeds, picking up trash or serving as board members, volunteers are the core of the outdoor community. Volunteers also require work and commitment from the organizations they contribute to.
HOST: Paul Twardock
GUESTS:
Kikkan Randall, Executive Director, Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage
Maya Kaup, Volunteer and Communication Coordinator, Alaska Trails
Mike Morganson, Single Track Advocates and a volunteer with Alaska Trails
Peter Taylor, President, Mountaineering Club of Alaska
LINKS:
Alaska Trails Volunteer Opportunities Page
Alaska Trail Stewards Page
Nordic Ski Association of Anchorage
Mountaineering Club of Alaska
Single Track Advocates
Habitat for Humanity
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Alaska Sports Hall of Fame | Outdoor Explorer
On this Outdoor Explorer host Lisa Keller sits down with Harlow Robinson, executive director of Healthy Futures and the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame. On April 30, the Hall will induct the class of 2024. Harlow tells us about the people and the moment that comprise this year’s class, as well as the annual Director’s Awards and the popular 100 Miles in May.
HOST: Lisa Keller
GUEST: Harlow Robinson, executive director, Healthy Futures and the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
LINKS:
Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
Healthy Futures 100 Miles in May
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Mountains to Sea Trails | Outdoor Explorer
Alaska's mountains and oceans provide some of the most dramatic landscapes on earth. Anchorage trails have connected the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet for decades, with a few gaps. Just recently newly created trails make it possible to bike, hike, run, or ski from Glen Alps to Knik Arm of Cook Inlet without crossing a single road. The Anchorage Park Foundation designated a route called "Mountains to Sea Trails," with a video, signage, and other information to help people navigate from Glen Alps trailhead in Chugach State Park to Westchester Lagoon and the Anchorage Small Boat Launch, around 24 miles. To help explain the route and its history Host Paul Twardock is joined by Anchorage Park Foundation's Diana Rhodes, cyclist Christina Grande, and filmmaker William Melton.
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Arctic Traverse: A Brooks Range Journey | Outdoor Explorer
In 2012 Michael Engelhard, an outdoor guide, writer, and anthropologist decided to hike and paddle from Canada to Kotzebue, acting on a lifelong goal. Though not the first to make the trip, and just the start of the "through hike" trend occurring in the far north, Engelhard brought his unique Alaskan background to the trip. This spring The Mountaineers published his memoir of the trip "Arctic Traverse." The book is a mix of travelogue, natural and cultural history and philosophy. Michael joins host Paul Twardock to discuss his motivations for the trip, how the book came about, doing a two month solo trip, the natural history of the Brooks Range and his musings on wild lands and development.
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Veterans and outdoor therapy | Outdoor Explorer
On the this Outdoor Explorer, we hear from MaryBeth Goodman, director of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Alaska Behavioral Health. The Cohen Clinic is on the leading edge of recognizing that the outdoors is a critical piece of mental health. Along with their partners, the clinic offers programs that address the wholistic needs of veterans, using the outdoors as a path to healing from trauma.
HOST: Lisa Keller
GUEST: MaryBeth Goodman, Director of the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic
LINK:
Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Alaska Behavioral Health
BROADCAST: Thursday, March 28th, 2024. 10:00 am – 11:00 a.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, March 28th, 2024. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
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Arctic Winter Games | Outdoor Explorer BONUS EPISODE
The Arctic Winter Games is a biennial event celebrating the sports and culture of the people who live in the circumpolar north. Delegations from Alaska, northern Canada, Greenland and northern Scandinavia gather to compete in 21 different sports and share their cultures with one another. This year it’s Alaska’s turn to host the Arctic Winter Games, which will take place during the school spring break, March 10-16, in the Mat-Su Valley.
HOST: Adam Verrier
GUESTS:
Amy Spargo, Chair of the Arctic Winter Games Board
Telsche Overby, Arts and Culture Program Coordinator
LINKS:
Arctic Winter Games Website
Arctic Winter Games Livestream
NOTE: This episode was recorded prior to the start of the Arctic Winter Games.
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Customer Reviews
My favorite adventure podcast locally made in AK
Outdoor Explorer is My favorite adventure podcast locally made in AK. And I love that it’s public media!
Excellent!
Love this show and all the ways it inspires folks to appreciate enjoy our beautiful state! Keep up the good work.
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