Adventure Journal Jumping Off Point 9781546479871 Books
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This Adventure Journal will be a treasure for outdoor enthusiasts. Complete with sections to record important data about your trip, as well as logging Ideas, Experiences and Activities; plus an extra section for additional notes. The 5"X8" fits comfortably in your pack so this journal can travel with you on any adventure. A valuable addition to keep your memories alive. This special addition Adventure Journal was designed for Jumping Off Point Adventure Provisions - a retail store in Livingston, MT that specializes in camping gear, local food market, import beer, books & maps. You can learn more at www.jumpingoffpointmt.com Design consultation provided by Daniel J. Rice, founder/owner of Jumping Off Point, and author of THIS SIDE OF A WILDERNESS, and THE UNPEOPLED SEASON.
Adventure Journal Jumping Off Point 9781546479871 Books
I was asked during an interview why this journal has a line for: "What song is currently playing in my head?" Among all the other important data logs in this Adventure Journal, the inquirer seemed to think this one was out of place. Here is the transcription of my answer:Why do you have a line for: “The song currently in my head” in the Adventure Journal?
Ha. Yes. Well. Here’s the thing. As humans our minds wander. And this is good. I’ve spent a lot of time in the backcountry on adventures of different capacity. It’s great to be away from the sounds and technology that fill our daily lives at home or a city. Inevitably, while in the backcountry, a song will start playing in my head. It’s not always my favorite song, or a song I’ve heard recently. Sometimes it’s a song I flat out don’t like. But there it is, playing inaudibly, but yet it can become all I hear.
Let me offer an example. I lived in Ely, MN – a gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – and during that time I took many adventures by portage and paddle. I remember one trip specifically. The three of us left Ely early morning before sunrise, and drove down long, windy and bumpy roads towards our Jumping Off Point. Our heads were filled with ideas about what the experience ahead would bring, and there was little conversation, save for asking each other if we remembered a specific piece of gear, or what was the largest walleye we caught this year. The last song played in the truck before we lost reception, “Play that funky music white boy, play that funky music right.” Then we turned off the radio, arrived at our launch site, and shoved off in a Kevlar canoe. It was late autumn and ours was the only car parked at this area, so we knew we wouldn’t see other people – which is often a primary reason for extended wilderness trips. We would be gone six nights, and cover over 150 miles of lakes, rivers, and trail.
For the first couple days my senses were mostly oriented towards the natural environment. On the third day, as we were travelling a short portage of roughly 120 rods through thick conifer forest, and I was listening to the mosquitoes buzzing around me while I watched a bald eagle gliding above, Matt started to sing. It was his turn to carry the canoe, while Steve carried a large duffle bag and I carried a Duluth pack over my shoulders and a beer cooler in my hands. From that serene silence came Matt’s voice, echoing around the hull of the canoe on his shoulders: “Play that funky music white boy, play that funky music right.” He was third in line as we walked single-file down the narrow trail, and as I looked back at him all I could see was his legs, abdomen, and the seventeen foot canoe around his head and shoulders. He repeated this same verse several times, and pretty soon, there we were, three grown men singing that absurd song as we walked through the wilderness. Thinking about it now, I wonder how long that song had been in his head before it reached the magnitude that required him to release it verbally. Had it been echoing in his head since we turned off the radio three days prior, or did it just hit him in that moment? Either way, there we were.
For the rest of that trip, whether we were fishing, sitting by a campfire, or mid-paddle stroke, one of us would spontaneously start singing those lyrics, and the other two would join in. I haven’t seen either of those boys since that trip, but I remember them clearly, the way we were in nature, how our backs ached after a long day of travel, learning to trust the rhythm of each other’s paddle, and how we were so full of thoughts on our return drive to Ely that none of us even asked to turn on the radio.
So yes, I think “The song currently in my head” is an important addition to any Adventure Journal, and it’s one of the many minutia that can help retain a memory and make an experience stick out among the rest.
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I was asked during an interview why this journal has a line for "What song is currently playing in my head?" Among all the other important data logs in this Adventure Journal, the inquirer seemed to think this one was out of place. Here is the transcription of my answer
Why do you have a line for “The song currently in my head” in the Adventure Journal?
Ha. Yes. Well. Here’s the thing. As humans our minds wander. And this is good. I’ve spent a lot of time in the backcountry on adventures of different capacity. It’s great to be away from the sounds and technology that fill our daily lives at home or a city. Inevitably, while in the backcountry, a song will start playing in my head. It’s not always my favorite song, or a song I’ve heard recently. Sometimes it’s a song I flat out don’t like. But there it is, playing inaudibly, but yet it can become all I hear.
Let me offer an example. I lived in Ely, MN – a gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness – and during that time I took many adventures by portage and paddle. I remember one trip specifically. The three of us left Ely early morning before sunrise, and drove down long, windy and bumpy roads towards our Jumping Off Point. Our heads were filled with ideas about what the experience ahead would bring, and there was little conversation, save for asking each other if we remembered a specific piece of gear, or what was the largest walleye we caught this year. The last song played in the truck before we lost reception, “Play that funky music white boy, play that funky music right.” Then we turned off the radio, arrived at our launch site, and shoved off in a Kevlar canoe. It was late autumn and ours was the only car parked at this area, so we knew we wouldn’t see other people – which is often a primary reason for extended wilderness trips. We would be gone six nights, and cover over 150 miles of lakes, rivers, and trail.
For the first couple days my senses were mostly oriented towards the natural environment. On the third day, as we were travelling a short portage of roughly 120 rods through thick conifer forest, and I was listening to the mosquitoes buzzing around me while I watched a bald eagle gliding above, Matt started to sing. It was his turn to carry the canoe, while Steve carried a large duffle bag and I carried a Duluth pack over my shoulders and a beer cooler in my hands. From that serene silence came Matt’s voice, echoing around the hull of the canoe on his shoulders “Play that funky music white boy, play that funky music right.” He was third in line as we walked single-file down the narrow trail, and as I looked back at him all I could see was his legs, abdomen, and the seventeen foot canoe around his head and shoulders. He repeated this same verse several times, and pretty soon, there we were, three grown men singing that absurd song as we walked through the wilderness. Thinking about it now, I wonder how long that song had been in his head before it reached the magnitude that required him to release it verbally. Had it been echoing in his head since we turned off the radio three days prior, or did it just hit him in that moment? Either way, there we were.
For the rest of that trip, whether we were fishing, sitting by a campfire, or mid-paddle stroke, one of us would spontaneously start singing those lyrics, and the other two would join in. I haven’t seen either of those boys since that trip, but I remember them clearly, the way we were in nature, how our backs ached after a long day of travel, learning to trust the rhythm of each other’s paddle, and how we were so full of thoughts on our return drive to Ely that none of us even asked to turn on the radio.
So yes, I think “The song currently in my head” is an important addition to any Adventure Journal, and it’s one of the many minutia that can help retain a memory and make an experience stick out among the rest.
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