![Adventure Educators Dave and Amy Freeman, a husband-and-wife adventurer team from Grand Marais, just won National Geographic's Adventurers of the Year. The couple paddled, dogsledded, and hiked 11,647 miles across North America while 85,000 students helped shape their course. This winter the couple has been running dog sled adventures from the Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge in Ely. ] BRIAN PETERSON • brianp@startribune.com Ely, MN 02/04/2014 ORG XMIT: MIN1402051529471719](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/FQRGWANI2ZU42YWVXRL3PBBCGE.jpg?&w=1080)
Dispatch: Outdoor Adventure Expo
Midwest Mountaineering's spring and fall mainstay — the Outdoor Adventure Expo — is being held Friday through Sunday at the Minneapolis store (309 Cedar Av. S) and at the University of Minnesota.
"This is really going to be a great expo. Everything about it is good," said manager Rudi Hargesheimer.
There are a mulitude of speakers and clinics on topics ranging from standup paddleboarding to personal outdoors adventures. Two presenters are David and Amy Freeman, the Minnesota couple who paddled, sailed and portaged from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness to Washington, D.C., in 2014 to draw attention to the protection of the BWCA. National Geographic named the Freemans its 2014 Adventurers of the Year.
Expo hours and more information at www.outdooradventureexpo.com.
