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Presenter:  Erik Dahlstrom
Presentation:  Backpacking "In Your Backyard" with Five Rivers MetroParks
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Are you looking for a backpacking adventure in your backyard? Would you like to learn about backpacking opportunities from 1 to 29 miles close to home? Then join us for this presentation on backpacking in Five Rivers MetroParks. Learn about obtaining permits, where you can go, what amenities are offered, and more.

Erik got his start in outdoor recreation through camping trips with his family and high adventure programs in the Boy Scouts like canoeing along the French River in Canada. Later, while living in Southeastern Ohio, Erik was re-introduced to the vertical world of rock climbing. In between bouldering in Athens County and trips to the New and the Red, Erik discovered the joy of paddling rivers like the Yough, the Chattooga, the New, the Cheat, and of course tributaries of the mighty Hocking. Not to be forgotten are backpacking trips to Glacier, the Tetons, Cranberry Wilderness, and Dolly Sods. Mixed in here as well are caving trips with muddy belly crawls, tight rocky squeezes, and the cold fun of a sump, much of this underneath the rivers and rock faces where he had previously enjoyed sun filled adventure. Erik’s passion is for connecting people with nature whether it is in the middle of a river, from the edge of a cliff, seventy feet underground, or on a quiet stroll through one of our MetroParks.