In 2017, Men’s Health named Anchorage the most adventurous city in the United States. We do love to adventure in our state with our friends. We also love to travel; why not combine adventure, travel and friends into a vacation? On this week’s Outdoor Explorer we’ll be talking with avid swimmers, bikers and runners who combine their vacation with activity. And although we all love to spend some time on the beach doing nothing, there is no better way to see the world than through movement in the outdoors.
GUESTS:
- Segment 1: Sarah Murray and Grant Gamblin from the Northern Lights Swim Club Adult Training Squad: Swimming in Croatia
- Segment 2: Bill Fleming from Trek Bicycle Store of Anchorage: Biking Around the World
- Segment 3: Jackie Minge and Jill Griffin: Running the Grand Circle Trailfest
LINKS:
- Northern Lights Swim Club Adult Training Squad
- NLATS Greek Simi Swimming Odyssey
- Trek Bicycle Store Anchorage
- Bike Camp: Mallorca, Spain
- Trailfest Trail Running Festival
BROADCAST: Thursday, February 28th, 2019. 2:00 pm – 3:00 p.m. AKT
REPEAT BROADCAST: Thursday, February 28th, 2019. 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. AKT
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Eric Bork, or you can just call him “Bork” because everybody else does, is the FM Operations Manager for KSKA-FM. He oversees the day-to-day operations of the FM broadcast. He produces and edits episodes of Outdoor Explorer, the Alaska-focused outdoors program. He also maintains the web posts for that show. You may have heard him filling in for Morning Edition or hosting All Things Considered and can still find him operating the soundboard for any of the live broadcast programs.
After escaping the Detroit area when he was 18, Bork made it up to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where he earned a degree in Communications/Radio Broadcasting from Northern Michigan University. He spent time managing the college radio station, working for the local NPR affiliate, and then in top 40 radio in Michigan before coming to Alaska to work his first few summers. After then moving to Chicago, it only took five years to convince him to move back to Alaska in 2010. When not involved in great radio programming he’s probably riding a bicycle, thinking about riding bicycles, dreaming about bikes, reading a book, or planning the next place he’ll travel to. Only two continents left to conquer!
