Blind Adventures with Ron Walsh & Friends

Ron Walsh, a completely blind wilderness adventurer, leads a team co-hosted by international travel writer, guide and blogger Ashlyn George, into the jaws of adventure. Ron Walsh battles through bear country, overnights in winter camping at -8 F on a 32-mile cross-country ski journey. He dogsleds, snowshoes, canoes and hikes into historic and isolated destinations.

Sun, Sep 6 9:00 A.M. The Lost Cabin     NHPBS (11.1)

Ron leads a team to find Gabriel Dumont's 19th century hideout following the Canada Metis Resistance.

Sun, Sep 13 9:00 A.M. Dog Sledding     NHPBS (11.1)

Ron is accompanied by Ashlyn George head up near Anglin Lake, as he pursues his dream to qualify for the Yukon Quest, one of sport's most grueling endurance races.

Sun, Sep 20 9:00 A.M. Endurance     NHPBS (11.1)

Ron fights weather, obstacles, exhaustion to push himself, with the help of Ashlyn George and John McClean, to the limit on a 52k cross country skiing adventure that requires 1000 ft of incline, an overnight tent camp in below -8 Fahrenheit temperatures and numerous spills and wipeouts in order to be the first blind person to master the race up north in La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

Sun, Sep 27 9:00 A.M. Pursuit of Peace     NHPBS (11.1)

Ron embarks on an adventure to reach a sailboat using a military landing craft in a race against a violent prairie storm with Ashlyn George in Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan.

Sun, Oct 4 9:00 A.M. Through Bear Country     NHPBS (11.1)

Ron and Ashlyn push through bear country in the boreal forest on a 100 year old railway track to reach a breathtaking basecamp on Kingsmere Lake in Prince Albert National Park which is one of Canada's historic National Parks.

Sun, Oct 11 9:00 A.M. Through The Darkness     NHPBS (11.1)

Ron takes up the challenge to reach Grey Owl's cabin in the Canadian Boreal forest in Prince Albert National Park on a 20K hike through bear country, obstacles as darkness falls on the trail bringing his long time guide Ashlyn George into the world of the visually impaired.

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