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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Today we have with us a content creator,

we have a member of the YouTube family who brings us some really interesting

videos and shares his experiences with us.

We have Steven from Grateful Trekker with us.

Steven, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Thank you for having me.

So Steven, let's start off by telling us a little bit about yourself.

Well, I kind of bounced around a bit when I was younger and in my 20s,

but I'm from Minnesota, I kind of grew up most of my younger life in Washington

state, back to Minnesota, and then just kind of bounced around from there.

But we're from Northern Minnesota,

we've done a lot of outdoor stuff up there, and did a lot of paddling.

And when I was in Washington, did a lot of backpacking in both the cascades and the blue mountains.

In Northern Minnesota, it's quite a playground for people who like the outdoors.

You get a little bit of everything.

You can do some backpacking hiking and some paddling.

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