Ep. 963: Kayaking 1,200 Miles in 80 Days on the Columbia River - Revisited - Marvin Owen
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Kayaking: Marvin Owen Paddles 1200 Miles Down Columbia River – 2008 Origin-to-Mouth, 2017 Repeat in Self-Built Kayak Over 80 Epic Days. Originally aired April 2, 2018
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 about kayaking!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey folks, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:24.8 | I'm your host, Mason. |
| 0:26.0 | Today is a throwback Thursday episode, and this is going back to 2018, episode, episode 362, |
| 0:36.5 | kayaking 1,200 miles for 80 days on the Columbia River. |
| 0:40.7 | I love this idea because I've really gotten into kayaking and paddleboarding lately |
| 0:46.2 | and especially journeys, you know, overnight trips going down a river. |
| 0:50.5 | It's just amazing. |
| 0:52.3 | Something about having the water there too is so neat because, you know, |
| 0:55.8 | introduces this whole new environment with all the animals to come with that. You know, |
| 1:00.2 | it's similar. I love bike touring, so it's similar to that just on water in a lot of ways. |
| 1:04.3 | But I've never done anything this long, 80 days on the Columbia River. Sounds incredible. |
| 1:10.0 | So Marvin has done this twice as you'll hear |
| 1:12.6 | I did it back in 2018 and he did it again in 2017 we're going to hear about this journey |
| 1:18.7 | hope it inspires you to plan and get ready for your next adventure and be on the lookout I've got a |
| 1:24.0 | new podcast coming out soon once that's out I, I'll start promoting it, and it's all |
| 1:28.7 | about protecting where I live here in Wild Florida. You know, the older I get, the harder it is for me to go |
| 1:36.3 | and enjoy the outdoors without wondering and wanting to be involved in the process of protecting the outdoors. |
| 1:44.3 | You know, all these places that I've built so many wonderful memories, as I'm sure you have, |
| 1:49.0 | you know, those places don't just come to be. |
| 1:52.1 | Somebody and usually a lot of people in a community work very hard to protect land, |
| 1:58.3 | whether it be a national park or a state park or conservation easement or some |
| 2:03.1 | sort of perpetually protected land, it is, it is the places that is essential that we have those |
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