Exploring the outdoors on foot and in small boats has been a big part of my life since my first camping trip when I was ten years old. I prefer "self-propelled" modes of travel such as backpacking, canoeing, and kayaking and have used these methods to explore many of the most remote and beautiful areas in North America from Key West, Florida to Denali National Park in Alaska. The Pacific Northwest and the coasts of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska has become my favorite area to explore. I have traveled solo by sea kayak for thousands of miles through the waterways that together make up the 1,300 mile (2,080 kilometer) Inside Passage. After completing my first Inside Passage kayaking trip in 2008 I published my first book on the subject, "Point to Point: Exploring the Inside Passage by Kayak". After completing the route for a second time in 2012, I published my second book, "Alone in the Passage: An Explorers Guide to Sea Kayaking the Inside Passage".Here are some of the places that I have visited.By Sea Kayak The Inside Passage from Washington to Alaska - 2007/2008 and 2012Prince William Sound Alaska - 1987Belize - 1991Johnstone Strait, BC 3 tripsClayoquot Sound, BCSan Juan Islands, WABaja Mexico - Sea of Cortez and Scammons LagoonGulf of Mexico - Horn Island - roughly 15 trips over 10 yearsLake Pontchartrain, LA - Two 24 mile open water crossingsSt.

Vincent Island, FL - two circumnavigationsDauphin Island, AL to Gulfport, MS - along the Gulf IslandsBy CanoeGreen River, UT - 120 milesGranite River, MN - Boundary Waters Canoe AreaRio Grande River, TX - 2 tripsChattooga River, GA - Section 3 by canoe and section 4 by raftNantahala River, NC - many runs in canoe, kayak, and raftOcoee River, TN - many runs in canoe and raftBuffalo River, AR - 2 tripsLocust Fork River, AL - many runs in canoe, kayak, and raftSnake River, WY - 4 runs in canoe and raftYellowstone Lake, WY - 2 tripsNumerous open canoe runs of small rivers in LA, MS, FL, and ALBy RaftAmerican River, CASalmon River, IDBackpacking and MountaineeringNational Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) course in Wind River Mountains, WY - 30 days 1980Freemont Peak, WY - summit 1989Windom Peak, CO - summit 1990Mount Rainer, WA - summit 1991The Na Pa Li Coast trail on Kauai, Hawaii 1984Hundreds of mile backpacking in GA, TN, UT, AZ, WY, CO, WA, and AK.