4/04/06: Biographies: Anderson River Team 2006

LIBBY BIXBY SKOLNIK

Hometown: Grantsburg, WI
Personal Motto: Always go farther!
Lifetime Days on Trail: 286
Tripping Experience: Wilderness trail counselor (YMCA Camp Widjiwagan); Trips to the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area, MN; Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario; Big Horn Mountains, WY; Absaroka Mountains, MT; Wind River Range, WY; and Kluane Range, Yukon; Ecuador & Peru Andes; Patagonia; Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Certifications: Wilderness First Responder, CPR
Will Miss Most on Trail: Stars (because of 24-hour Arctic daylight)
Favorite Trail Food: Gado gado

KATIE FRITZ

Hometown: Oshkosh, WI
Personal Motto: Don't blink, don't miss a thing.
Lifetime Days on Trail: 72
Tripping Experience: Trips to the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area, MN; Appalachian Trail, MD; ACT AIDS Rides, WI; Lake Superior National Forest, MN; Volcanoes National Park, HI; Porcupine Mountains, MI; Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes: Cotapaxi National Park, Cajas National Park, Podocarpus National Park, Machu Picchu.
Will Miss Most on Trail: My bike
Favorite Trail Food: Homemade granola

BENJAMIN SKOLNIK

Hometown: Greenbelt, MD
Personal Motto: Optimism (there is always something good; focus on that and you’ll be okay!)
Lifetime Days on Trail: 155
Tripping Experience: Wilderness trail counselor (YMCA Camp Widjiwagan) including four weeks staff training. Led trips to the Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area, MN; Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario; Big Horn Mountains, WY. Appalachian Trail. Patagonia. Sonoran Desert, Mexico. Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes: Ingapirca; Las Cajas; Podocarpus National Park; and Machu Picchu.
Certifications: Wilderness First Responder, CPR
Will Miss Most on Trail: Fresh fruit
Favorite Trail Food: Bread kneaded on the belly of a canoe

ERIN WALSH

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN
Personal Motto: Go north or go home.
Lifetime Days on Trail: 426
Tripping Experience: Wilderness trail counselor (YMCA Camp Widjiwagan); Boundary Waters Wilderness Canoe Area, MN; Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario; Woodland Caribou Provincial Park, Ontario; Bloodvein River, Manitoba; Kopka/Allenwater Rivers, Ontario; Big Horn Mountains, WY; Lakeland Provincial Park, Alberta; Banff National Park, Alberta; Gulf Islands National Seashore, MS; Rio Grande/Big Bend National Park, TX; Gila National Forest, NM; Horton River, NWT; Kazan/Kunwak Rivers, Nunavut; Ecuadorian and Peruvian Andes.
Certifications: Wilderness First Responder, CPR, Wilderness Water Safety
Will Miss Most on Trail: Mangos
Favorite Trail Food: Gado Gado