🛶 Paddling 1,400 Miles to the Arctic with Women She Met on FaceTime: First Documented All-Women's Crew on a Historic Voyageur Route with Helena Karlstrom

⁠Hike Rim to Rim in the Grand Canyon this October!⁠

Four women set off on a 1,380-mile paddle from Lake Superior to the Hudson Bay, and became the first publicly documented all-women's crew to complete the historic Voyageur route to York Factory.

Along the way they crossed a 9-mile portage on day one, paddled multiple 40-mile days through wildfire smoke, navigated a teammate's POTS diagnosis and another's torn rotator cuff, and went a full first week on the Boundary Waters meeting 150 paddlers — not one of them a woman.

This conversation with teammate Helena Karlstrom is about networking your way into the trip of a lifetime, the group dynamics that get you to the Arctic, and why simply being visible on the water is a form of activism.

Helena and Angie talk about:

• The Appalachian Trail trip her freshman year that changed her trajectory
• How Girl Scouts gave her an outlet to connect with other women outside
• The Appalachian Trail trip her freshman year that changed her trajectory
• How the Hudson Bay Girls met and dreamt up this expedition and planning the entire expedition over Zoom
• Partnering with Save the Boundary Waters and the Northern Lakes Canoe Base
• Navigating a teammate's POTS diagnosis and another's torn rotator cuff mid-trip
• Finishing the final day with a 17-hour, 55-mile paddle to the Arctic
• Group dynamics, personal growth, and paddling as advocacy

Check out these resources:

📱 Hudson Bay Girls on Instagram: @hudsonbaygirls

🛶 More about the expedition: https://www.hudsonbaygirls.com/

📖 Our episode with Natalie Warren, author of Hudson Bay Bound

⁠➡️ The Cairn Project on IG⁠

⁠✨ The Cairn Project's newsletter⁠

🥾⁠ Become a Trailblazer⁠

📅⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠

Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app!

You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond

• ⁠⁠Become a Trailblazer⁠⁠. Your Adventure Fundraiser makes wilderness experiences possible for girls and women.

• Check out the⁠⁠ Summit Scholarship Foundation⁠⁠.

• Share this episode with a woman in your life who has a wild business idea she hasn't acted on yet.

  
  

Make sure you subscribe to the See Her Outside Podcast so you don't miss a story!

⁠⁠Follow on Spotify⁠⁠

⁠⁠Subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠

Listen on:⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Pocket Casts⁠⁠,⁠⁠ iHeartRadio⁠⁠,⁠⁠ other platforms⁠⁠