🛶 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 trajectoryHow Girl Scouts gave her an outlet to connect with other women outsideThe Appalachian Trail trip her freshman year that changed her trajectoryHow the Hudson Bay Girls met and dreamt up this expedition and planning the entire expedition over ZoomPartnering with Save the Boundary Waters and the Northern Lakes Canoe BaseNavigating a teammate's POTS diagnosis and another's torn rotator cuff mid-tripFinishing the final day with a 17-hour, 55-mile paddle to the ArcticGroup dynamics, personal growth, and paddling as advocacyCheck 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 Foundation⁠Like this episode? Leave a 5-star rating and review on your podcast app!You can help us close the gender gap outdoors and beyond⁠⁠Become 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 Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠Subscribe on Apple Podcasts⁠⁠Listen on:⁠⁠ Amazon⁠⁠,⁠⁠ Pocket Casts⁠⁠,⁠⁠ iHeartRadio⁠⁠,⁠⁠ other platforms⁠⁠