2008 Paddlers
Aryn Baxter | |
 | | Age:
26 | | Years involved with Wilderness Wind:
2 | | Hometown: Grew up in
Silver Springs, NY; will be moving to Rwanda for two
years. | | Home Congregation:
Faith Mennonite Church, Minneapolis, MN | | Distance
she's paddling:
50+ | | Reason for participating:
Because the beauty trumps the exhaustion in my memory
from last year. | | Bio in Haiku:
slowly comes the light | | paddle, talk,
eat, swim, paddle | | slowly comes the dark | | Quirk of Character:
Likes games and sometimes makes them up. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
the cedar waxwing |
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Heidi Collins | | | | | Age:
28 | | Years on staff: 5 | | Hometown:
Goshen, Indiana | | Home Congregation:
College Mennonite, Goshen, IN | | Distance she's paddling:
50-60 miles | | Reason for participating:
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Loons. |
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Robin Fletcher | |
 | | Age:
22 | | Years on staff: 2 | | Hometown:
Harrisonburg, VA | | Home Congregation:
Zion Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, VA | | Distance
she's paddling:
50-60 | | Reason for participating: | | Bio in Haiku: | | | | | | Quirk of Character: | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Loons: adult and baby |
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Geer Gillespy | |
 | | Age:
18 | | Years involved with Wilderness
Wind: 1 | | Hometown:
Forth Worth, TX / Denver, CO / Richmond, IN | | Distance he's paddling:
70+ | | Reason for participating:
Was invited by his friend Peter to paddle this adventure | | | Bio in Haiku: | | Quirk of Character:
is very, very quiet | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
the Beaver |
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Val Hershberger | |
 | | Age:
46 | | Years involved with Wilderness Wind:
approximately 14 | | Hometown:
Grew up near Garden City, Missouri, now resides in Goshen, Indiana | | Home Congregation: College Mennonite | | Distance she's paddling: 55-60 miles | | Reason for participating: | | Bio in Haiku: | | | | Quirk of character: | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal: Loons |
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Mary Ruth Kamp |
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| Age:
29 | | Years on staff:10
or so it goes... | | Hometown: Millersburg, OH | | Distance she's paddling:
50+ (I'll stick with my paddling partners.) | | Reason for participating:
It's another chance to experience darkness and
light and to observe and learn from the many
creatures who live in this wilderness. | |
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| Bio in Haiku: earnestly
seeking |
| deep-rooted and wonder-filled |
| palms upturned, empty |
| Quirk of Character: | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
The Red Fox (this summer) |
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Luke Keller | |  | | Age:
25 (on July 12th) | | Years on staff:
1 | | Hometown:
Harrisonburg, VA and | | Home Congregation:
Harrisonburg Mennonite, VA / Erb Street Mennonite,
Waterloo, ON | | Distance he's paddling:
Lots! | | Reason for participating: | | Bio in Haiku: | | | | | | Quirk of Character:
Too many to pick just one! | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal: |
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Marshall King |  |
| Age:38 | | Years on the board:
5+ | | Hometown: Goshen, IN | | Home Congregation: Assembly Mennonite, Goshen IN | | Distance he's paddling:
50-60 miles | | Reason for participating: Did it last year with a couple young
college bucks and want to do it again. | | Bio in Haiku: Writing and laughing |
| he finds his way through the world |
| sometimes paddling too | | Quirk of Character: Can recall tastes for absurd lengths of time and convey them in words. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal: A walleye. Want me to tell you how it tastes. |
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Kathy Landis | |  | | Age:
45 | | Years on staff: 17 | | Hometown: Grew up in NE Pennsylvania, now living in Newton, KS | | Home Congregation: New Creation Fellowship, Newton, KS | | Distance she's paddling: as far as feasible and enjoyable - 50-60 has been fun so far. | | Reason for participating:
It is a remarkable event full of moments of surprise and discovery.
Moments where you are faced with a vastness beyond yourself, coupled
with the realization that you are somehow intricately intertwined
with it all are gifts that draw me back. | | Bio in Haiku: Mud between the toes |
| laughing among skyscrapers |
| heart still in PA | | Quirk of Character: Writes entirely too much on small pieces of paper. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
the dragonfly |
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Dave Leonard | |
 | | Age:
49 | | Years on staff: 2 | | Hometown: Born in Eugene, OR-back in the day. Now residing in Goshen, IN | | Home Congregation:
Attends both Assembly Mennonite and Faith Mennonite, Goshen, IN | | Distance he's paddling: | | Reason for participating: |
| Bio in Haiku: So timid, black
bear, |
| Ursus Americanis, |
| When not paddling |
| Quirk of Character: usually found
with book in hand | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
black bear |
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Gretchen Nyce | |
 | | Age:
37 (on July 22nd) | | Years
involved with Wilderness Wind: | | Hometown:
Asheville, NC | | Distance she's paddling:
50-60 miles | | Reason for participating:
To enjoy the challenge, the surroundings, and the
friends -- while raising money for one of my
favorite causes. | | Bio in Haiku:
Taught and coached for years | | Love
sports, books, travel, and friends | |
Now I work with plants | | Quirk of Character:
I eat kids' sugar cereal every morning for
breakfast. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
otters |
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Virgil Sauder | | | | | Age:
33 | |
Years on the board of Wilderness Wind: 3 | | Hometown:
Bloomington, Indiana | | Home Congregation:
Mennonite Fellowship of Bloomington | | Distance he's paddling:
50+ | | Reason for participating:
Good excuse to push myself physically in a place of much
beauty while supporting a wonderful camp. | | Bio in Haiku:
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| | Quirk of Character: Intrigued by
leeches | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Ravens and Crows |
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Jon
Spicher | |
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| Age:
20 | | Years on Staff at Wilderness Wind:
1 | | Hometown: Mountville,
Pennsylvania | | Home Congregation:
Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, PA | | Distance he's paddling: 55-60 miles | | Reason for participating:
For the community aspect and to help support Wilderness Wind's mission. | | Bio in Haiku:
whether biking or | | hiking or out on a lake | |
that's when I'm at home | | Quirk of character:
Readily enjoys new tastes, such as kumbucha and gogi berries | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal:
Moose |
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Peter Wigginton |  |
| Age: 22 | | Years on staff:
3 | | Hometown: Indianapolis, IN | | Home Congregation: Shalom Mennonite, Indianaplis, IN | | Distance he's paddling:
70 miles | | Reason for participating:
to breath the air and see the loons in the morning. | | Bio in Haiku: | | Quirk of Character:
He is trying to learn how to conduct an orchestra with his paddle. | | Favorite Boundary Waters Animal: mink |
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Ely, MN 55731
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