In this episode, Chris Thomas sits down with legendary Canadian expedition canoeist, Mike Ranta, who has paddled over 30,000 miles in his expeditions combined, including coast to coast across Canada 3 times solo with his dog Spitzii. We cover so much in this episode from growing up spending months living and paddling in the bush near Atikokan, Canada which is the Canoe Capital of the World, supporting youth, veterans, first responders, and First Nations by promoting awareness and developing supportive wilderness programs, massive 500+ mile portages with a canoe over the Canadian Rockies, aggressive apex predator encounters while circumnavigating Great Bear Lake, strategies for primarily living off the land, sleep deprivation strategies for extreme expeditions, getting hit by lightening, self-made clothing, and the inspiration behind him building the worlds largest paddle, the Big Dipper. There’s so much more to this episode, but I’ll let you hear it from Mike himself on this 32nd episode of the Dabbling in Paddleism Podcast…

Mike’s book recommendations:

Bush Runner by Mark Bourrie: https://a.co/d/htm6Jd2

Frozen in Time, by Owen Beattie & John Geiger: https://a.co/d/3vAPn7F

How to find Mike:

Facebook - Mike Ranta’s Paddle: https://www.facebook.com/mikerantaspaddle/

Warrior Adventures Canada: https://warrioradventures.ca/