On this trip I will be joined by 5 of my closest friends. People that I've grown up canoeing with at Camp Pathfinder in Algonquin Park. They are educators, adventurers, comedians and some of the best paddlers I know. I absolutely trust my life with them... don't judge.
Introducing:
Ryan Arthurs
Ryan is a 28 year old graduate photography student at MassArt in Boston, MA. He grew up in Youngstown, NY spending his summers guiding canoe trips across Ontario and Quebec. He attended Carleton College in Northfield, MN, graduating with a degree in Studio Art. After college, he spent 2 yrs working at the Gail Severn Gallery, in Ketchum, ID. In the fall of 2007, he moved to San Francisco where he continued working for artists and galleries before deciding to pursue his own photography full time.
Zach Arem
Zach is a 27 year old elementary Physical Education teacher. He originally grew up in Rochester, NY, but after receiving his degree from the University of Florida, he now resides in Orlando. He has been paddling and portaging the wilderness of Canada ever since he was in diapers. Beyond his love for canoe tripping, Zach is also an avid Handball player and bottle cap collector; though many of his friends and family do not understand his obsession for the latter. Zach sees the George River as the ultimate dream canoe trip and greatly looks forward to retracing the steps on Leonidas Hubbard, Mina Hubbard, Dillon Wallace, and George Elson.
Brent Hurley
Brent Hurley is a 33 year old teacher from Dwight, Ontario. Following in the family tradition, Brent has been paddling and portaging in wooden canoes since he was 7 years old. Brent has traveled the world, but he always comes home to Algonquin to canoe trip with his friends. Currently working as a teacher and head of residence at Lakefield College School, Brent has been tripping with his close friends in the summers after his 21 year career at Camp Pathfinder drew to a close. Rivers like the Kesagami, Moisie, and Missainabi have kept the spirit alive in recent years. Hurley is pumped to tackle the George River and follow in the footsteps of the Hubbards, Wallace, and Elson.
Charlie Katrycz
Few things in life are more satisfying to Charlie than floating in a canoe, and none have been more formative for him than that. He just graduated from McGill University with a degree in physics, and his studies have been inspired in no small part by the stroke of a paddle. At school he worked in residence as a don and during the summers he has guided canoe trips with Camp Pathfinder. Algonquin has been home to him all his life; winter spent away for him, is time in waiting. He is now preparing for the trip of a lifetime with his savvy companions, to venture above the tree line on Ungava's rocky peninsula and down the George River into the icy Arctic Ocean.
Brian Brunsing
Brian is a 22 year old recent college graduate working in the field of Sustainability Consulting. Originally from Buffalo, NY, he transplanted West after high school to attend the University of Colorado at Boulder. Canoe tripping the lakes and rivers of Ontario and Quebec has been a passion for Brian for many years developed through a decade of summers spent in Algonquin Park. Beyond canoe tripping, he enjoys kayaking, snowboarding and dogs. Brian does not like cats very much. For Brian, the George will be a dream come true combining and incredible route with amazing people.
and the Henry Shepley
Henry R. Shepley, referred to as Rutledge H. Shepley throughout most of North America’s uncharted waterways, is considered to be ‘The Intercontinental Man of Mystery’. Rutledge was first introduced to canoe tripping by long time Algonquin Legend, as well as internationally recognized heartthrob, Brent Hurley during the summer of 2000. Brent is responsible for the man Rutledge is today. Having been instilled with a tremendous love and respect for canoe tripping at an early age, travel and adventure play a huge role in who Rutledge is today. Wrapping up his Junior year at University of Vermont, Rutledge focuses his energy on scholarly pursuits in the field of Environmental Science with an emphasis on Ecological Design. When Rutledge is not eating, studying, or holding open doors open for women, he enjoys kayaking down New England’s vast river systems. In previous summer months he has worked as a member of a league of extraordinary canoe tripping guides at Camp Pathfinder, in Algonquin Park. His career at Pathfinder gave him the opportunity to be apart of many trips throughout Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec. This past fall Rutledge has kept himself busy by designing and building a 227 square foot tiny house as well as spending 25 days this winter kayaking down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. With spring peeking around the corner and the lure of Labrador intensifying, Rutledge will be selling his body in order to be a member on the grandest adventure of all, 25 days down the George River.
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