Building & Rowing Historic Wooden Boats in the Grand Canyon

Brad Dimock is an author, boat builder, geologist and Grand Canyon river guide. He has been guiding in the Grand Canyon since the early 70s and has starred in historic films about the Grand Canyon. Brad has studied boat building methods from around the world and continues to build and row wooden boats out of this museum/boat shop in Flagstaff, Arizona. Check out his amazing website: https://fretwaterboatworks.comCheck out this award winning short film about Brad and his boat shop:https://vimeo.com/465399482?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=3637895This episode was recorded on location in collaboration with Xplorer Maps. We want to extend boatloads of gratitude to Xplorer Maps for their generous support of this podcast and international outreach programs paired with conservation projects. Learn more at XplorerMaps.com and be sure to follow the adventures of their story maps on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.Xplorer Maps is a small family business based in Missoula, Montana with deep roots in Africa. Xplorer Maps has over 60+ hand drawn story maps of destinations from all over the world, including our national parks. Xplorer Maps and The Trail Less Traveled both share the vision of connecting people and place through storytelling, conservation, art, history and culture. We're collaborating to Bring Cartography to Life through story maps, podcasts, live presentations and a multimedia visual series on social media.Follow the adventures and interviews in real time at TrailLessTraveled.net and be sure to check out our visual series on YouTube!!!The radio version of the show premieres Sunday nights at 6 MST, streaming live online at Trail1033.com & locally (Missoula) on the Trail 103.3 FMPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-trail-less-traveled/id1180249343#travel #podcast #travelpodcast #adventure #adventurepodcast #adventureradio #thetraillesstraveled #xplore #xplorermaps #connectingpeopleandplace #conservation #wildlife #wildlifeconservation #publiclands #storytelling #inspiration #outreach #stewardship #bethechange #giveback #travelmedia #mandelavaneeden #traillesstraveled #smallbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #grandcanyon #fretwaterboatworks #flagstaff #dory #boatbuilding #braddimock #grandcanyonriverguides #coloradoriver #whitewater #riverguide #guidelife #river #rivers #arizona #arizonaoutdoors Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.