Listen: Interview with Mikah Meyer - queer representation outdoors

Mikah Meyer is an outdoor adventurer and LGBTQ+ advocate, and the first person to roadtrip in a single journey to all 419 National Park sites (including Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota!). He’s a touring inspirational speaker, and a singer to boot! 

We got to know and then work together several years ago when we helped Mikah organize an outdoor industry and adventurer group for a Queer Boundary Waters Trip with Ely Outfitting Company.

Mikah’s new film, Canyon Chorus, follows a rafting trip with Mikah and four friends--all openly-gay men--as they explore the importance of the outdoors, friendship, and mentorship. 

Save the Boundary Waters’ Associate Director Sam Chadwick joined Mikah at a Minnesota screening of the film in June at REI Coop and led a discussion afterward, where we discussed what’s it’s like behind the scenes of a project like this, advocacy and representation (or lack thereof) in the outdoor industry, Mikah’s Outside Safe Space mission, and lots of important stuff!.

Give it a listen below!