Ep. 845: Canoeing Deep Dive - Part 1 - Steve Piragis
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Originally aired September 11, 2015
Steve Piragis returns to the show today and shares detailed information about how best to enjoy wilderness canoeing. Whether you love canoeing, are curious about canoeing or just like to hear about wilderness adventure, this is the show for you! What kind of canoe is best for your needs? What kind of clothing gear is needed for early and late season paddling? What is Boundary Waters Wilderness really like? How best does one try out the sport? Steve answers these questions and more in this two-part chat all about paddling.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, welcome to the podcast. Today we are talking to Steve Pragas. This is a throwback |
| 0:27.1 | Thursday episode, by the way, going back to 2015. So seven years ago, this is a pretty old episode. |
| 0:34.6 | And it's back when Kurt was hosting the show, going to go into canoeing, deep dive |
| 0:39.4 | into canoeing. A lot of you, I'm sure, have canoed or want a canoe. I have a canoe, but I opt for |
| 0:44.8 | paddle boarding or kayaking these days. But I'm excited to hear a little bit more from Steve and get |
| 0:49.8 | into it. But without further ado, let's go ahead and hand it over to Kurt seven years ago and jump in. |
| 1:08.9 | Welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. This is your host, Kurt Lindville. |
| 1:14.2 | Our guest today is Wilderness Canoeing Enthusiast Steve Paragas. |
| 1:19.8 | Steve and his wife Nancy took a trip to Ellie, Minnesota, way back in 1975. |
| 1:24.3 | They visited the boundary waters and just fell in love with the place, so they made it their home. |
| 1:30.7 | Since 1979, Steve has been running Paragas Northwood's company, which is an outfitter in Ellie. |
| 1:38.6 | He's passionate about canoeing, limnology, and ornithology, and he's active in a campaign to help save the Boundary Waters Wilderness. |
| 1:40.3 | Steve, welcome to the program. |
| 1:41.7 | Hi, thanks for having me. |
| 1:42.4 | Great to be here. So, Steve, I gave a brief sketch of who you are, |
| 1:45.8 | but take a minute to tell our guests about yourself and your connection to canoeing and your |
| 1:50.8 | connection to this campaign to save the Boundary Waters. Absolutely, yeah. Nancy and I, as you said, |
| 1:56.4 | we're limnologists. We came here from the University of New Hampshire in 1975 for the summer. We just fell in |
| 2:02.9 | love with Ely at the edge of the Boundary Waters Wilderness. I grew up around boats and canoes, so |
| 2:08.3 | it was a natural for me to bring a canoe here when we came in 1975. And we took our first canoe trip, |
| 2:14.5 | I think, the second week we were in Ely, and immediately fell in love |
| 2:19.0 | with this wilderness, this is just so amazing. It's a million acres of lakes and portages and waterways. |
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