Hap Wilson - Author & Explorer Shares How to Find Magic in the Wild, & More on Baird Country Ep.#9

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This episode: Hap Wilson -Author & Explorer on How He First Met me (Bears?) & Shares How to Find Magic in the Wild
Embark on a riveting podcast dialogue with Hap Wilson, where we delve into the profound bond between humanity and the natural world. Through captivating narratives from our wilderness escapades, Hap imparts wisdom on discovering solace and significance in nature through a deep appreciation of the land.
Catch the audio version of our stimulating podcast on various platforms such as Buzzsprout, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. Tune in to explore our discussions on resilience, harmony, and the invaluable lessons gleaned from the wilderness. Immerse yourself in this enlightening journey of self-discovery and environmental reverence with Hap Wilson, now available for listening on your favourite podcast platforms.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introducing Hap Wilson, Author, & Explorer
0:43 Hap tells the Story of how we first met each other on a remote, Northern Ontario River (Bears!?)
6:42 A Closer Look at GENTLEBANDS’ White Forest Rugged Adventurer Ring
8:22 How Hap Leaned "Stealth"
12:22 Hap shares how he was almost shot when he was 10-months old
18:45 How Many Miles Has Hap Wilson Traveled in the Seat of a Canoe
22:48 Cross-Country Skiing, Jim's Shares a Miss-Adventure
26:32 Hap tells a story about how he once had to mix both canoeing & snowshoeing to negotiate thin ice.
30:05 Hap Wilson Explains How to Discover Real Magic in Nature
42:30 How did ancient people figure out the best route to put a trail such as a portage trail?
45:45 Discovering Incredible Historical Sites On Ancient Indigenous Trails
57:29 hap Explains that pictographs are sacred site and the energy field that shaman's can tap into.
1:05:25 Hap talks about what it's like to visit Cabin Falls Eco Lodge
1:10:16 Logging Then & Now + trees communicate with each-other
1:26:15 Hap shares some insights for any one looking to follow a similar life's path to his
1:32:07 Spending time in nature is something you need to persevere for
1:39:02 hap Shares where people can find his books on line and learn more about Earth Roots

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@KM21255 3 ай бұрын

Unless you've read the breadth of Hap Wilson's works on outdoor life in Canada, you could never truly appreciate the magnitude of what he has accomplished. He's like a modern day Magellan without a crew. To do those intensely rugged trips and record it in such fine detail is mindblowing. And most of it without GPS! Truly astounding individual. Thanks for having him on.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Thanks a lot for giving this a watch.

@jasonmcclennan6443 3 ай бұрын

" It's not about having time for adventure. It's about making time for adventure. " it's on my paddle and repeated to my children ... and remember procrastination is forplay leading to regret.

@ADVENTUREKM 3 ай бұрын

I agree

@marygordon3032 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim and Mr Wilson for all this great information, and oh boy l would love to see little Huddy skating! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

@louisepotier2784 3 ай бұрын

Thank-you for the interview - I love hearing about all those adventures and environmental projects. I'm sure his books will be a very interesting read, because I plan on reading some. Have a great day! 🙂

@johnhine8725 3 ай бұрын

Another really cool member of your posse. Learning so much from these talks, especially how cool GOOD people can be.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for watching / listening. Please subscribe and let me know what you liked best about this episode. You Can get caught up on previous episodes of the Baird Country podcast through this playlist linked here. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ga9dqdl72NO7kac.html

@dougpacanoemanburns4294 3 ай бұрын

The discussion on pictographs was really interesting. On the Sturgeon River trip I did we saw the ones on Stoufer Lake. The most amazing ones for me were on Diamond Lake in Temagami. There is one of a large bird. It was amazing to our Church Group because we had just seen a pair of Sandhill Cranes at the Bay Campsite near by. It made be pause and think did First Nation People see Cranes long long ago. Amazingggggggg!

@teresakinney955 3 ай бұрын

Love the intro story with you and buddies making lots of noice to scare bears and Hap sneaking in to see what's the chaos. Great interview.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! I figured we had to start it off like that haha

@TheNorthwestWind 3 ай бұрын

Hap is an amazing human, conservationist, resource and wealth of knowledge. There will never be another like him

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, and he’s done a lot for conservation as well.

@TheNorthwestWind 3 ай бұрын

Yes he has! I own most of his books @@JimBairdAdventurer

@jdjdjdj-xx2je 3 ай бұрын

Hap is an absolute legend

@KIRUZIN 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely incredible interview Jim. Keep it up!

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! I thought it was a great chat too.

@starbright47 3 ай бұрын

Hiya Jim, A fascinating and respectful Gentleman. What stories, what strengths his wife and he working their skills and intelligence, with hard graft to gain and provide experiences for others. I'm in awe. Thanks again Jim for a great podcast❣️

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for giving it a watch and I’m glad you got a lot out of it. Please share it with your friends.

@ralphwatten2426 3 ай бұрын

At 72 years old I've always said to friends "with all the stupid stuff we've done in our lives it's a wonder we're still alive". Looking back, there's a lot of friends that aren't here now and didn't make it through. I think we all have adventure in our lives in our own way. Motorcycle camping, racing, canoeing, difficult jobs. Give it our best and we'll probably make it through to old age. It's better to wear out than waste away. Thanks Jim. P.S. I almost forgot sports- P.PS. Very warm and snowless this winter at the tip of Lake Superior. We had about 12 inches in one storm last week but before that very dry. We had 30's and 40's F. all through January and February. Anomaly? I hope so.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

That’s just crazy. I think it’s an anomaly not it’s also related to man made climate change. I like your attitude about that by the way and thanks a lot for tuning in.

@TheCoyoteTail 3 ай бұрын

It’s better to wear out than waste away. Thanks for that sage advice. I’m turning 53 in a week and really needed to hear that. Cheers.

@suezaple4950 3 ай бұрын

Amazing interview with Hap Wilson, He has accomplished so much and still. a legend he is. thanks for this . still laughing of how you met.

@janasunnarborg8525 3 ай бұрын

Wow! Every interview you do is better than the last. So impressive to listen to Hap Wilson. Loved hearing his story of how he got his original native name Wolftooth. And aches and pain after 50 man! So glad he talked about this one. Something new hurts every day. I've come to accept that I know I am alive and I know what I have to work on when I feel the pain.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated! The encouragement means a lot for me and this new endeavour. Haps honestly of these things is inspiring really, he does what he needs to do to get medically taken care of and keeps doing what he loves.

@jordanboone3640 3 ай бұрын

Great Job Jim! Look forward to these each week!

@jeandorsey7991 3 ай бұрын

Great show! I can totally relate to the Annishinaabe connection as a non-Native too (northwoods Wisconsin, USA terminology.) The Algonquin culture is so amazing in the fact the more immersion the more connectivity to this land. I'm south of Lake Superior. Miigwetch! 😉 ❤

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Nice, it’s great to hear someone else who that resonates with. Thanks a lot for tuning in!

@dougpacanoemanburns4294 3 ай бұрын

So enjoyed this conversation back and forth with you guys. Really enjoying the podcasts Jim

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!!

@ThomasG77 3 ай бұрын

When youare searching for something good to watch Baird Country provides. Thanks again for the podcast its great.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

@dougpacanoemanburns4294 3 ай бұрын

Wilderness Magic - for me was about 500 - dragon flies protecting us from Mosquitos on a Sturgeon River at Lower Goose Falls. They flew cover for us as we lay on the rocks at the top of the Falls. They hovered like little helicopter moving forward or backward to take their prey. They were like guardian angels picking off mosquitos. It was a bite free dusk.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Amazing

@ADVENTUREKM 3 ай бұрын

Scariest time with a bear when one pushed his head on the walls of my tent. Thank god i put up a string with a bunch of cans and they fell over scaring the bear away. The magic was fishing on a lake at night with full moon and hearing loons in the back ground. Another is picking fresh blueberries for the best breakfast with perfect blueberry pancakes. Cheers

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Amazing, I swear I can taste those pancakes

@datsyuk6999 3 ай бұрын

I had the opportunity to do the Lady Evelyn from Gamble Lake to Wanapitei. I wish we had time to check out his amazing cabin, but its a reason to go back. We also got the same shuttle from Francis. Unreal landscape

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

The Lady Everly is so beautiful! Agreed. I love it.

@michaelroffe2461 3 ай бұрын

Jim, loving the podcasts! Great guests!

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!!

@harryaterui2474 3 ай бұрын

In my youth, I went mad for a few years and woke up in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Skiing is dangerous magic.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Haha, Utah? Sounds awesome

@kjames8299 3 ай бұрын

Cool ring.Like this guest quite bit

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot, figured I wouldn’t do sponsors like this for my regular adventure vids but they work for the podcast fine. It is a cool right for sure too.

@joycewilcox6404 3 ай бұрын

Keep em coming, great podcast!

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

@kimprocarione5473 3 ай бұрын

Dreamwalking! Incredible topic! I would love to learn more! Aho!

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely, magic is real.

@ron4694 3 ай бұрын

Great podcasts Buddy....I have the same neoprene pants as you. What boys are you using?

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

They are Simms wading boots. They have the gripoy rubber sole. I used to use NES storm boots and glue replacement felt soles for fly fishing wading boots to them but this is the way to go now. Sorry, my Simms wore out and I have chits brand boots now

@foryrs 3 ай бұрын

To expand on some of the topics Hap was discussing, it would be interesting to hear from an indigenous elder. I would be curious to know how they feel about the way recreational users are interacting with their traditional territories. Maybe there is some etiquette most people are unaware of that should be followed.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

I’m actually going to do a pot with me and Hap’s friend we mentions in this video, Alex Mathias. He is happy with the low impact recreational canoe travel as it’s a means to conserve the Temagami Region he lives in and his family’s traditional territory. Also, it keeps the ancient trails alive. Of course, not all indigenous people have the same opinions. I’ve gotten a couple angry comments from seemingly some characters on my Yukon videos telling me to go explore my own territory and stay off theirs. The vast maturity of support and comments from I dj guys people have been overwhelmingly positive however. Many people with indigenous blood who live on reserves or not aren’t a fan of what Hap is doing as he’s standing in the way of resource based jobs.

@trishaharrison6183 3 ай бұрын

Great show.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@brianprentice8068 3 ай бұрын

I love this .A spiritual canoeist who smoked a pipe .I wonder if he’s my long lost brother.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

lol, he’s a beauty

@SeriousPoems 3 ай бұрын

First.❤❤❤

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@AbbyGolden-fe4ug 3 ай бұрын

What site were you at when Hap found you? Was it the top of center falls?

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

It’s right across from Cabin Falls along the portage trail.

@1400craigger 3 ай бұрын

Dr David Suzuki would be an awesome guest ?

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Shoot Dave a note for me if you could

@icepick6270 3 ай бұрын

Hap's from Willowdale? Why that's where Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson grew up too!! That's crazy.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Cool, ya he lived there as a young child but I guess I wouldn’t say he’s from there. More Peterborough

@robertwood6297 3 ай бұрын

smoke from fires confuses an animal's sense of smell

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Ya, good point. I typically have a camp fire but when I’m at a waterfall or fishing creek it seems to confuse them as to guilt presence. Could be that in combination with a fire. Not sure. Once I called in a wolf that appeared out of some bushes just a few feet away from me .

@sid7088 3 ай бұрын

@@JimBairdAdventureralso boiling water and the aeration produced by rapids and falls produces negative ions which masks scents too.

@ron4694 3 ай бұрын

Boots are you using?

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Me? I use simms wading boots and neoprene socks when cold, if colder water a dry suit with goretex socks and I wear bro socks overtop to slow abrasion on the now socks. When it warm I just wear the waiting boots with baes feet

@UguysRnuts 3 ай бұрын

Who next? Kevin Callan?

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Not next but I’m going to get him on at some point in the near future!

@shtrvens 3 ай бұрын

Jim, i'm disappointed you didn't get out any oatmeal with Hap.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Well, I guess I blew my big chance 😔

@shtrvens 3 ай бұрын

love your content man @@JimBairdAdventurer

@johnhine8725 3 ай бұрын

@@JimBairdAdventurerha ha ha good one

@shtrvens 3 ай бұрын

thanks man@@johnhine8725

@shtrvens 3 ай бұрын

thanks man@@johnhine8725

@gnonymouse 3 ай бұрын

So is bigfoot real? changed the subject real quick there.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

He changed the subject because he has respect for less stroud and didn’t want to throw him under the bus I think lol. Les did a big foot show.

@gnonymouse 3 ай бұрын

@@JimBairdAdventurerAh ok gotcha. Yeah I’ve seen the Bigfoot show not sure what to think about the subject personally. Keep it up really liking the show and guests so far.

@crazyman0987654 3 ай бұрын

eastern whites

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, I am an eastern white

@MamacrackerJ 3 ай бұрын

I either want to propose a challenge to say savant in every intro or to never say it again.

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

After I thought to myself, I said that last time, maybe I shouldn’t have used it again…. But then I was thinking, who cares. No one will notice or care.

@lauracasey830 2 ай бұрын

😅Gosh, Jim, Hap makes you and all previous guests look like slackers!

@JimBairdAdventurer 2 ай бұрын

No moss grows on his boots

@Noah-Vineyard 3 ай бұрын

I can reasure you your ancestors are not in the wind . Pipe smoking pot is not a good idea in the woods . Makes you believe the wind is your spirit guide to say hello . Nope it's the devil in the details bro John 3 :16, 17

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Traditionally, ceremonial pipes are used to offer prayers in a religious ceremony, to make a ceremonial commitment, or to seal a covenant or treaty. Not all indigenous North American cultures have pipe traditions. They don’t, and never did “smoke pot” in their ceremonial pipes. They smoked a mix of plants which primarily consisted of tobacco. The smoke is seen as a means of carrying thoughts and prayers to a spiritual realm. I think that’s pretty cool personally and is just as, if not more believable than a lot of stuff in the Bible. The verse of the Bible you shared also doesn’t say anything contrary to the use of the ceremonial pipe or similar things. You are using the verse almost like some sort of factual, historical proof while where there is none. So, I hope you realize that your comment is no more than your personal opinion and far from an objective fact. Also, as Simone who is pushing John 3:16,17. You may want to consider the following to avoid hypocrisy and even blasphemy: (Colossians 4:6).Christians are called to interact with others with humility, grace, and respect. Belittling others or pushing Christianity through ignorant or false information is not in line with these values. Matthew 7:1-2 (NIV) : "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." This verse highlights the importance of not judging others and reminds us to show grace and understanding instead of condemnation. Ephesians 4:29 (NIV) : "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." This verse emphasizes the importance of speaking in ways that uplift and encourage others rather than tearing them down. The Bible also upholds the concept of free will and the individual's right to choose their beliefs (Joshua 24:15; Romans 14:5). Coercion or forceful imposition of beliefs is not in line with biblical principles. And also, the Bible also very much emphasized that the best way to share Christianity is often through living out one's faith in a way that reflects Christ's love and character. By demonstrating love, kindness, and humility in interactions with others. Hope that helps! Thanks very much for watching the podcast!

@AbbyGolden-fe4ug 3 ай бұрын

What site were you at when Hap found you? Was it the top of center falls?

@JimBairdAdventurer 3 ай бұрын

Hey Abby, you pinged me twice here it looks like but it was the site Right across from cabin falls along the portage trail.