At 49, Susan Marie Conrad paddled alone through 1,200 miles of Alaska’s Inside Passage. Twelve years later, she returned—older, wiser, and more open to what the wild might ask of her.
In this conversation, we explore what it means to travel solo through unforgiving terrain, to face fear without bravado, and to listen closely to a landscape that offers both danger and grace. Susan reflects on whales, bears, storms, and the quiet moments that reshaped her sense of purpose.
This episode is a meditation on endurance, environmental witnessing, and the courage to return—not to prove something, but to understand it more deeply.
