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A Trip to the Boundary Waters

2023/8/1
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Alex Kotlowitz: 作者Alex Kotlowitz讲述了其近四十年每年都回到明尼苏达州与加拿大接壤的边界水域进行独木舟旅行的经历。他描述了边界水域的原始自然之美，以及其带给他的平静与治愈。他将对边界水域的热爱比作对爱情的执着，即使年老体衰，仍坚持每年造访。他认为边界水域是其心灵的避难所，在经历了社会动荡与负面新闻后，边界水域带给他平静与慰藉。文中穿插了作者与朋友们在边界水域的旅行见闻，包括旅程中的挑战与乐趣，以及对自然与野生动物的观察。 Chris: 作为Alex Kotlowitz多年的独木舟伙伴，Chris参与了多次边界水域的旅行。文中展现了Chris在旅程中与Alex Kotlowitz的互动，以及其对边界水域的感受。他与Alex Kotlowitz一起应对旅程中的挑战，分享快乐时光，并对边界水域的自然景色表达了赞叹。 Gary: Gary是Alex Kotlowitz的朋友，文中描述了Gary在边界水域的第一次旅行经历。Gary的性格开朗外向，为旅程增添了乐趣。他与其他参与者一起应对旅程中的挑战，并对边界水域的自然之美表达了由衷的赞叹。 Jim: Jim是Alex Kotlowitz的老朋友，文中展现了Jim在边界水域旅行中的角色。Jim是一位优秀的厨师，为旅程提供了美味的食物，并与其他参与者分享了快乐的时光。 Maria: Maria是Alex Kotlowitz的妻子，文中展现了Maria在Alex Kotlowitz旅行期间对他的支持与关心。Maria在Alex Kotlowitz旅行结束后告知了他美国社会发生的负面事件，这与Alex Kotlowitz在边界水域的平静形成了对比，突显了边界水域作为其心灵避难所的重要性。

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Alex Kotlowitz, known for his work on urban life in Chicago, finds solace in the Boundary Waters, a vast wilderness area in Minnesota. Despite the physical challenges, he continues to return, drawn by the tranquility and pristine beauty of the place.

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Alex Kotlowitz) is known as a chronicler of Chicago, and of lives marred by urban poverty and violence. His books set in the city include “An American Summer,” “There Are No Children Here,” and “Never a City So Real.” Nevertheless, for some 40 years he has returned to a remote stretch of woods, summer after summer. At a young age, he found himself navigating a canoe through a series of lakes, deep in the woods along Minnesota’s border with Canada. This stretch of country is known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Larger than Rhode Island, it is a patchwork of more than a thousand lakes, so pristine you can drink directly from the surface. Now in his late sixties, Kotlowitz finds the days of paddling, the leaky tents, the long portages, and the schlepping of food (and alcohol) harder than before, but he will return to the Boundary Waters as long as he can. Last summer, he took a recorder with him on his annual canoe trip, capturing what has kept him coming back year after year. 

*This segment originally aired on August 6, 2022. *