Ep. 362: Kayaking 1200 Miles for 80 Days on the Columbia River - Marvin Owen
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2018
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
In 2008, Marvin Owen paddled down the Columbia River from its origin at Columbia Lake in British Columbia all of the way to the mouth of the river at the border of Washington and Oregon. In 2017, he decided that he'd do it all over again. Marvin built his own kayak with the help of a local boat builder and set off to experience this epic journey once again. His trip took 80 days and covered 1200 miles. Let's talk kayaking!
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| 0:00.0 | About a minute and a half to turn around. |
| 0:09.0 | I got turned around and I got hit by probably 25 mile an hour wind, |
| 0:14.0 | and wind waves coming from multiple different directions, |
| 0:18.0 | and nothing but a rocky shore. |
| 0:25.7 | So that was pretty exciting for a while. |
| 0:31.8 | Episode 362, Marvin Owen is here to talk about his 1,200-mile kayaking trip down the Columbia River. |
| 0:33.3 | You're listening to the Adventure Sports podcast, brought to you by 180 Tech. |
| 0:37.2 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation |
| 0:41.3 | you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 0:45.7 | Now here's your host, Kurt Linville. |
| 0:51.1 | Hi, friends. Thank you again for listening to the Adventure Sports podcast. I have Marvin Owen on the line today. |
| 0:58.1 | And Marvin has some great stories to share with us. He has done twice now an epic river trip on the Columbia |
| 1:06.4 | 1,200 miles, 80 days kayaking the length of the Columbia. |
| 1:12.6 | And I am excited to hear about this trip. |
| 1:15.6 | The Columbia goes through such amazing areas, through Canada and parts of Washington, and I just want to hear all about this. |
| 1:22.6 | So Marvin grew up in Southern California, and over the years he worked his way north, lived around the |
| 1:29.2 | Columbia Gorge outside of Portland for a while, and now he calls the Olympic Peninsula home |
| 1:34.5 | when he's not down south in Arizona. Marvin, welcome to the program. |
| 1:39.2 | Thank you. |
| 1:40.0 | So Marvin, wow, I think this sounds like an amazing trip. |
| 1:44.6 | 1,200 miles kayaking, 80 days on the Columbia. |
| 1:48.1 | This is the kind of stuff that we really, really like. |
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