Ep. 781: Over 10,000 Miles of Off-Trail Adventures in Alaska - Luc Mehl
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Alaska wilderness travel: Luc's thousands of miles exploring The Last Frontier after growing up in rural Alaska, first-hand experiences, highs, lows, meticulous planning, and countless unforgettable stories from the ground.
After growing up in a very small community in rural Alaska, Luc was eager to see more of his home state... a lot more!
Luc is joining us today to talk about his thousands of miles of first-hand on-the-ground experience with The Last Frontier. The highs, the lows, and all the planning that goes into it have been more than worth it for the sheer amount of stories he’s able to tell.
Enjoy!
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IG: @lucmehl
His book, The Packraft Handbook: Thingstolucat.com/packrafthandbook
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| 0:00.0 | I have been wanting a paddleboard for years, and I finally got one from Blue Fin's Up, |
| 0:05.7 | and let me tell you, I absolutely love it because I can stand on it and look down in the water |
| 0:10.7 | and see the fish, see sharks, and stingrays and turtles. It's absolutely amazing. I've taken it |
| 0:16.7 | out dozens of times since I gotten it. What I love about Bluefin is they offered a huge selection. |
| 0:22.6 | I went with the Bluefin Cruze 12, but they've got bigger boards, smaller boards for juniors all |
| 0:27.3 | the way up to season ocean tours. And what's cool, it's a family run business based in the UK, |
| 0:33.4 | but they ship nationwide. When I placed the order, it was here within a matter of days, like four or five |
| 0:38.4 | days. It was at my front door. It all packs down into a backpack. I can store it inside my vehicle, |
| 0:44.9 | inflate it in five or six minutes. It doesn't take that much time. And one of the coolest things about |
| 0:50.5 | it is it's almost completely replaced my kayak because a kayak seat is attachable to it. |
| 0:57.2 | So when I need to take a break, I want to sit down on the board, I have a seat ready to go. |
| 1:01.4 | It's amazing. |
| 1:02.7 | So if you're looking for a paddle board, I can't recommend Bluefin enough. |
| 1:06.8 | By the way, they are having a black Friday sale for $150 off at bluefin supboards.com. |
| 1:14.0 | That's bluefinsupboards.com. |
| 1:17.9 | And there is a link in the show notes to check it out. |
| 1:20.2 | So thank you for the folks over at Bluefin for sponsoring this episode. |
| 1:25.2 | I want to travel as efficiently as possible. |
| 1:29.0 | And so I'll break that trip down into segments. |
| 1:32.4 | And if there's a segment that can be biked, I'll try to bike it. |
| 1:35.9 | And if there's a segment that can be floated, like, I definitely want to float it. |
| 1:40.3 | I definitely want to let it. |
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