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One man, one canoe, five solo journeys to five remote wilderness regions in Western Ontario, Canada.
Can you imagine being retired (over 60), healthy and determined to research and travel alone for three weeks or longer on numerous wilderness trips into areas that you know little about? Can you imagine not being in verbal or social media contact with anyone for over one hundred days of travel? What does it take to be self-sustained and responsible for all of one's actions and decisions?
The solo canoe journal stories are a combination of the day to day excursions and decisions that a solo paddler must make to successfully navigate from one lake or campsite to another and to another and so on while managing to stay safe and to not get lost in the wilderness. The journal stories are also filled with very real and personal insights into the mind frame of the author who attempts to relate to the reader the intense feeling of what wilderness, or solitude or fear or a number of intimate emotions means to him in the moment.
Alone in a Canoe also includes detailed gear and food lists and trip statistics. The stories are inspiring. It is a must read if you ever dreamed about what it would be like to be alone in a canoe in the wilderness for any length of time. The book is printed in an 8 ¿ by 8 ¿ format to enhance the more than 200 color photos documenting the journeys.
People who Paddle a Canoe, Outdoor and Wilderness Enthusiasts, Backcountry Educators, Adventure Advocates, Future Campers, Fisherman, Recreators, Dreamers, Individuals who Cherish Solitude, and Folks who enjoy great Nature Photography will enjoy this book.
About the author
Mike Kinziger resides in Deary, Idaho where he lives in a remote home in the foothills of The Rocky Mountains. He is retired from the University of Idaho where he taught and coordinated Outdoor Leadership for 17 years as an associate professor in recreation. Mike also taught recreation at the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse for 17 years as well as four years in a middle school. In total, Mike taught for 38 years accumulating seventeen teaching and outstanding performance awards. He has taught more than 25 different courses about recreational activities and creative play. Since 1982, Mike has conducted more than 150 workshops and had speaking engagements across the United States directed toward team building and play in our lives. He also organized and directed a group called Just For Fun that provided recreational activity for special groups, corporations and school groups. Mike instructed at the International Clown Camp for five years where he taught clowns games that they could use when performing. He continues to conduct workshops and to speak at conferences. Mike's outdoor experience includes everything from mountain biking to whitewater canoeing and he has led more than one hundred wilderness classes. He has been a scout, Vietnam veteran, athletic director and coached junior college basketball, tennis and golf. He is the holder of six long distance canoe records and is a role model for active, healthy lifestyle. Since retiring, he has completed five solo canoe adventures averaging three to five weeks in length in the Canadian wilderness. All of the trips were self-contained and involved no contact with other humans. His book on these excursions is called, "ALONE IN A CANOE". He has also published a highly successful book of team building games and activities which includes more than 100 possible leadership ideas. The book is called, THE VERY BEST GROUP GAMES EVER PLAYED.
