{"id":200454,"date":"2025-06-26T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=200454"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:27:32","slug":"summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen","title":{"rendered":"Summer Camp Series: Packrafting with MAK &amp; Owen"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/01fd89b1-a1ec-43c7-bc5f-8673179422b8?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the Wild Ideas Worth Living Summer Camp Series! In these bonus episodes, we\u2019re exploring camping beyond the traditional tent\u2014from bikepacking and packrafting to camping with kids and dispersed car camping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we&#8217;re diving into the world of water-based camping with MAK and Owen, the founders of Bound For Nowhere\u2014a popular adventure blog, social media community, and storytelling brand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gear &amp; Apparel Mentioned:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Packraft-Handbook-Instructional-Guide-Curious\/dp\/1680516027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Packraft Handbook<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/packrafts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Packraft<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/paddles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Deconstructed paddle<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/kayaking-helmets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Helmet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/roll-top-dry-bags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dry bags<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PFD:\u00a0<a href=\"\/c\/mens-pfds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Men<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"\/c\/womens-pfds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Women&#8217;s\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/fixed-blade-knives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knife<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Repair kit:\u00a0<a href=\"\/c\/adhesives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tenacious Tape<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/c\/adhesives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tenacious Tape mini patches<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"\/c\/adhesives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Aquaseal Adhesive<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/throw-bags\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Compact Rescue Throw Bag<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/bedrock-sandals\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bedrock <\/a><a href=\"\/b\/bedrock-sandals\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sandals<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/c\/womens-t-shirts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Long sleeve with a hood<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rain Shell: <a href=\"\/c\/mens-multi-sport-rain-jackets\">Men<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"\/c\/womens-multi-sport-rain-jackets\">Women&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broad hat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunscreen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with MAK &amp; Owen:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundfornowhere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bound.for.nowhere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/camp-nowhere\/id1766594939\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Camp Nowhere<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watch&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8z7Xr8twJL0&amp;t=5s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>How To Pack For Packrafting&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Welcome to the Wild Ideas Worth Living Summer Camp Series! In these bonus episodes, we\u2019re exploring camping beyond the traditional tent\u2014from bikepacking and packrafting to camping with kids and dispersed car camping. Today, we&#8217;re diving into the world of water-based camping with MAK and Owen, the founders of Bound For Nowhere\u2014a popular adventure blog, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32542,"featured_media":200455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[588,2288,541,1452],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-200454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living","tag-camping","tag-packraft","tag-podcast","tag-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Summer Camp Series: Packrafting with MAK &amp; Owen","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/kodak_gold_200_07_28_2022_000057460004-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/kodak_gold_200_07_28_2022_000057460004-1.jpg?fit=3016%2C2000"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jenny Barber"}],"creator":["Jenny Barber"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["camping","packraft","podcasts","wild ideas worth living"],"dateCreated":"2025-06-26T10:00:00Z","datePublished":"2025-06-26T10:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-06-27T19:27:32Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Summer Camp Series: Packrafting with MAK &amp; Owen\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/summer-camp-series-packrafting-with-mak-owen\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/kodak_gold_200_07_28_2022_000057460004-1.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2025\\\/06\\\/kodak_gold_200_07_28_2022_000057460004-1.jpg?fit=3016%2C2000\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Jenny Barber\"}],\"creator\":[\"Jenny Barber\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"camping\",\"packraft\",\"podcasts\",\"wild ideas worth living\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2025-06-26T10:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-26T10:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-27T19:27:32Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/06\/kodak_gold_200_07_28_2022_000057460004-1.jpg?fit=3016%2C2000","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200454"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200474,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200454\/revisions\/200474"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200454"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=200454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}