by Joe Friedrichs | Oct 31, 2025 | News, The Magazine
Rod Johnson, the founder of Midwest Mountaineering, is seen here kneeling with ice axe. Cheryl Walsh Belville photo that was the cover of the store’s 1982 fall catalog. Photo submitted by Rudi Hargesheimer Founder of Midwest Mountaineering, Launch Point for Many BWCA...
by Joe Friedrichs | Oct 23, 2025 | News, The Magazine
Search and recovery expert Michael Neiger in Grand Marais. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Search and Recovery Expert Heading to the Gunflint Trail in Effort to Locate Missing Wisconsin Man By Joe Friedrichs GUNFLINT TRAIL – The search continues. And there’s someone new to...
by Joe Friedrichs | Oct 23, 2025 | News, The Magazine
The BWCA Wilderness shares the border with Canada. P&P file photo A New Era for Wilderness as Congress Eyes ‘Border Security’ By Joe Friedrichs ELY – Adventurers Dave and Amy Freeman were wrapping up their Year in the Wilderness when Lukas Leaf presented what at...
by Joe Friedrichs | Oct 15, 2025 | News, The Magazine
Peta Barrett is planning to retire at the end of the year. Photo by Joe Friedrichs Owner of Women’s Wilderness Discovery in Ely Set For Retirement By Joe Friedrichs ELY – The food is always gourmet. “We’d eat pizza out there on trail,” said Cheryl Sill, a...
by Joe Friedrichs | Oct 10, 2025 | News, The Magazine
A flyer posted at a small parking area about 12 miles up the Gunflint Trail shares information about Wayne Storch, a Wisconsin man who remains missing in the area. Photo by Joe Friedrichs The Challenges of Finding Missing People Near the Boundary Waters By Joe...
by Joe Friedrichs | Sep 16, 2025 | Subscribers Only, The Magazine
Bill Rom reviews Quetico-Superior maps in Ely. Photo by Joe Friedrichs News Talking Truth With BWCA Legend Bill Rom By Joe Friedrichs ELY – We met at a golf course. Bill Rom, 80, who grew up in this town on the edge of what is now the Boundary Waters Canoe Area...
