Doing Stuff Outdoors-62

Our feature interview today is with a family that lives an active, outdoors lifestyle. Jim and Kathy Whelan have four children and live in St. Johns, Newfoundland. Jim and Kathy compete regularly in triathlons, bike races and cross country ski marathons and they encourage their children to do the same. Gary met them at a run this summer where their oldest son, 13 year old Marty was competing in his first 5km race. The Whelan's talk about the importance of being active in the outdoors and how they encourage their kids to follow their example.

Adam from Oregon calls in with a comment about the growing popularity of wilderness survival courses like Practical Primitive. He says they're meeting a need in these fast paced lives we all live. In the UK it's called 'bushcraft' and Bob from the Outdoors Station has done some terrific podcasts on this topic. Check them out.

We have podsafe music from an interesting band out of California called Holiday and the Adventure Pop Collective.

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