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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Mar 03, 2026

Lake Superior at sunrise.

#minnesota #LandscapePhotography #photography

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Mar 03, 2026

ICE Out Now!

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 28, 2026

The HikeLight Dyneema Stuff Sack is a lightweight stuff sack made by a small maker in the USA. I ordered one and have a few thoughts.

https://www.paddlinglight.com/reviews/hikelight-dyneema-stuff-sack-review/

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 26, 2026

I was on WTIP's Boundary Waters Podcast. They released the episode today.

"In this far-reaching conversation, Hansel shares the historic role that art and photography have played in the preservation of public lands, from the establishment of the first National Parks through today."

Listen here:

https://wtip.org/archives/boundary-waters-podcast-ep-127-photography-and-preservation-of-public-lands-with-bryan-hansel/

#Minnesota #BWCA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 25, 2026

The Zpacks Comfy Camp Pillow is a lightweight pillow that doesn't use an inflatable bladder. Is it a good option for a camp pillow? Let's find out.

https://www.paddlinglight.com/reviews/zpacks-comfy-camp-pillow-review-first-look/

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 22, 2026

A brief return of a rare winter phenomenon and how changing conditions and crowds reshaped the way I photographed one of Lake Superior’s most fleeting landscapes.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bryanhansel/p/photos-from-the-apostle-island-ice?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=42qx2

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 19, 2026

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is under immediate threat. Congress is trying to fast-track a vote to strip long-standing mining protections and push a toxic copper-sulfide mine into its watershed.

Call your senators now: 202-224-3121 and ask them to vote NO!

More info in the post.

https://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/take-action-now-defend-protections-for-the-boundary-waters/

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 18, 2026

It's the February 18, 1926 Weather from the Hill update from Olaf Thorvaldsen, the first official weatherman for Grand Marais, Minnesota

https://weather.leaflet.pub/3mf65p5p7vc2b

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 17, 2026

Ever paddled the Great Lakes and wished you could see them in a completely new way?

That’s what cartographer Stephen Kennedy does with his The Great Islands map. He inverts Great Lakes bathymetry so the lakes become land, and the land becomes sea.

https://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/what-if-the-great-lakes-were-the-great-islands/

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 13, 2026

Need a last minute gift for Valentine's Day. Wild Rye might be a good way to go. Here's what my wife has been using all winter long as a midlayer.

https://www.paddlinglight.com/reviews/wild-rye-sale-for-valentines-day/

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 13, 2026

Anyone out there with a packraft have a good gauge for speed on a mainly flat water river with some rapids to class 2 on it?

I'm planning a trip that involves bikepacking and packrafting, and I need a general idea for planning purposes. I'm thinking ~2.5-3 mph (4-5km/h). The river gradient is ~2.4 feet per mile, and I'm hoping to catch it at a moderate to high flow.

#backpacking #packraft #bikeTooter #bikepacking

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 09, 2026

I ended up buying a packraft for bikerafting, and I'm planning a new adventure. I wasn't planning on writing a long article about this, but here it is.

https://www.paddlinglight.com/articles/bikerafting-my-new-adventure/

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 08, 2026

This purple DCF is hot! I just got this new stuff sack for my old tarp.

#backpacking #camping #bikepacking

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Feb 04, 2026

sunbreak —
frozen Lake Superior
cracks and groans

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Dec 29, 2025

Here's my latest essay about why your favorite photos matter more than your best.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bryanhansel/p/why-your-favorite-photos-matter-more?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=42qx2

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Dec 09, 2025

Sunrise in Death Valley National Park

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social

I do landscape photography professionally, and I teach photography workshops. I also enjoy: Freelance writing, urban sketching, haiku, hand-drawn maps, public speaking, kayak, canoe, bike, bikepack, backpack, xc ski & adventure. Slacker. Pro-wild rice. Grand Marais, Minnesota, USA

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@bryanhansel@mstdn.social · Apr 23, 2023

Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States. It’s Not Even Close.

This is an interesting analysis of gun violence in the US.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/23/surprising-geography-of-gun-violence-00092413

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