Author: Leon

June 12, 2012

Some things you can't lighten up and one of those is stove fuel. So the idea of a lightweight backpacking…

October 6, 2011

Sometimes an experience will bring up memories that have lain dormant for years. Maybe it was of something that didn't…

August 25, 2011

The beauty of the morning seemed to be an apology for the storm the night before. As I leafed through…

August 2, 2011

Once you get through the lock at St.Paul, the Mississippi changes character and becomes a commercial river.

July 14, 2011

    From Cass Lake to Grand Rapids, Mike and I paddled through the land of Paul Bunyon, the legendary…

July 8, 2011

The Chippewa Indians have always thought the wild rice beds are a gift from God. Today, wild rice is still…

June 17, 2011

Lake Itasca to Bemidgi We started paddling the next morning from Wanagan  through a canoeist's paradise. The scenery ranged from…

June 11, 2011

Leon's 1980 end-to-end voyage of the Mississippi River gets started at Lake Itasca, Minnesota.

December 19, 2009

Leon Pantenburg is a wilderness enthusiast, and doesn't claim to be a survival expert or expertise as a survivalist. As…