{"id":200604,"date":"2025-08-05T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=200604"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T17:51:21","slug":"living-in-the-wild-for-a-year-with-amy-and-dave-freeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/living-in-the-wild-for-a-year-with-amy-and-dave-freeman","title":{"rendered":"Living in the Wild for a Year with Amy and Dave Freeman"},"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\/e46c233f-d76a-4805-b402-ba283102809e?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/living-in-the-wild-for-a-year-with-amy-and-dave-freeman\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amy &amp; Dave Freeman are modern-day explorers who have spent over two decades on human-powered wilderness expeditions. In 2010, they completed a 12,000-mile journey across North America by canoe, kayak, and dog sled. Five years later, they lived off the grid for an entire year without re-entering society. No stores, no electricity, no roads, just the two of them, a nylon tent, and the frozen lakes and forests of Northern Minnesota.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Amy &amp; Dave:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/freemanexplore.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/freemanexplore\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check out Amy &amp; Dave&#8217;s book,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/203819354-north-american-odyssey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>North American Odyssey: 12,000 Miles Across the Continent by Kayak, Canoe, and Dogsled<\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/terns.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terns<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 used code \u201cWILD\u201d at checkout to receive 25% off your first order.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Amy &amp; Dave Freeman are modern-day explorers who have spent over two decades on human-powered wilderness expeditions. In 2010, they completed a 12,000-mile journey across North America by canoe, kayak, and dog sled. Five years later, they lived off the grid for an entire year without re-entering society. 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