Today on the show a feature interview with outdoor writer, consultant, wilderness guide and very nice guy Cliff Jacobson. Here's his bio from his website:
Cliff Jacobson is one of North America's most respected outdoors
writers, wilderness guides, national and foreign consultants, and is
the most published canoeing/camping writer of this century. He is a
professional canoe guide and outfitter, a wilderness canoeing and
camping consultant and the author of over a dozen top-selling books on
camping and canoeing— numerous titles have been translated into
Spanish, German, French and Turkish with sales approaching one million
copies. His video, The Forgotten Skills, details the most important
campcraft procedures.
Cliff's methods are proven by the sweat of pack and paddle and are
reminiscent of the days when skills were more important than things. A
retired environmental science teacher (34 years!), Cliff is respected
by educators for his backcountry ethics, water quality, and wilderness
navigation curricula. The Wilderness Meal, an outdoor ethics unit he
wrote for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNR), is among
the most successful environmental education activities of all time.
You'll find a copy in his book, Boundary Waters Canoe Camping With
Style.
The book entitled, The 20th Anniversary Edition: Expedition Canoeing is
the authoritative resource for wilderness canoe expeditions. The map
& compass curriculum developed for the MNR, and Water, Water,
Everywhere, But...-- an environmental education project was authored in
cooperation with HACH chemical company--is used in hundreds of
secondary schools and community colleges throughout North America.
Contributing editor, Canoe & Kayak Magazine. Consultant to Eckerd
Family Youth Services and the Boy Scouts of America (canoeing section,
Scout Field Book). Cliff is also a national and foreign outdoor tactics
and equipment consultant whose speaking and consulting expertise have
brought him to the Canadian Arctic, Norway, Sweden, Costa Rica and many
of the 50 states. Cliff has also been hired to render expert opinions.
An accomplished canoeist in his own right, Cliff was recently
recognized by the American Canoe Association (ACA) which presented him
with the Legends of Paddling Award and inducted him into the ACA Hall
of Fame.
Contact Gary by email at doingstuffoutdoors@yahoo.ca
