Ep. 435: Solo Circumnavigation of Lake Winnipeg at 18 Years Old - Alex Martin

Adventure Sports Podcast

Curt Linville

Sports, Science, Fitness, Nature, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.6 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Alex is not your typical 18 years old. Instead of setting out to trade school, college, or hanging out at home after the summer of high school graduation, Alex decided he wanted to do something adventurous to transition into this new phase of life called adulthood. That desire led him to kayak 1,750 km around the edges of Lake Winnipeg, something incredibly daunting considering the remoteness of much of the lake as well as the unpredictable weather.
Alex is incredibly articulate for his age and understands that this trip was an amazing opportunity to show the world the importance of keeping resources like Lake Winnipeg free of pollution, invasive species, and a refuge for the human soul. He’s already an experienced adventurer and we’re super excited that Alex joined us for this interview as we’re sure he’ll be an even bigger name in the outdoor community very soon.

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0:00.0	Everyone's geared towards university or college or trades and getting a job.
0:13.2	Meanwhile, I was planning on abandoning life for two months and kayaking around the lake.
0:18.5	This is the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180Tack.
0:22.9	Get out there and have some fun.
0:34.7	Hey, everybody.
0:36.2	Welcome to the show. I hope you had a good weekend. This is Mason and I didn't really do too much this weekend, but it sounds like a lot of y'all have according to Facebook and Instagram. So if you'd like to call us and let us know what you did over the weekend, you can leave a voicemail at 812
0:55.2	mail pod. That is 812 M-A-I-L-P-O-D. If you'd like to support the show financially, you can become a patron
1:04.7	of the show at patreon.com. That's p-A-T-R-E-o-n.com slash adventure sports podcast. And that just helps us to keep the show
1:15.5	going. That helps out with all the inevitable expenses, as well as helps us take our time to find
1:21.8	the best guests possible. So if you'd like to do that, we'd really appreciate it. And there's
1:27.2	a lot of patron-only
1:28.4	content that you can get through the platform. That's my dog whining. So,
1:34.5	hurry, stop. Anyway, today's episode is really cool. We got a kid, not a kid, I guess he's,
1:42.0	well, especially after this trip, he's a man now. He circumnavigated
1:45.6	Lake Winnipeg on kayak at 18 years old. A really cool story, real young guy, just beginning his
1:52.7	adventure sports career as an adult. And I'm pretty impressed by his outlook and a lot of his
2:00.3	reporting on the trip. And it's going to be a good show, so I hope you enjoy.
2:05.8	All right, Kurt, take it away.
2:09.1	Hey, friends, welcome back to the Adventure Sports podcast.
2:12.1	I have Alex Martin with us today, and Alex did the coolest thing this summer.
2:16.9	I should kick this off by saying that he's 18
2:20.1	years old, just not been 18 for all that long and he circumnavigated solo first person to do this
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