Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther

On this episode of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther presented by AMI Audio, Lawrence, Lilly and Lewis head out of the city and into the Calabogie Hills. Their mission is to do some four-wheeling and have a blast. Sitting on the shore of a lake with a hydroelectric dam, Lawrence reflects on the electrification of the machines upon which people who live in rural, remote and northern parts of Canada de...

On AMI Audio’s podcast “Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther” we celebrate the harvest moon and get to meet Matthew Bulmer, a blind farmer, inventor and municipal counsellor. Find out what it takes to farm blind. Test your knowledge and guess eight sounds from the farm. Learn tips on how to stay safe in one of the world’s most dangerous professions. About Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther: Listen live Satu...

Lawrence and Lilly leave Lewis behind for an exciting day of whitewater rafting on the Ottawa River. Find out the technology and tips used to raft class five rapids aboard small self-bailing rafts, followed by cliff jumping. Joining the crew for the adventure is ten-year old autistic “Tegan”. About Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther: Listen live Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Eastern over basic ca...

On this, our final episode of season one, Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther celebrates by having Ms Lilly reveal her top five favorite episodes from the past year. We present the second half of our conversation with blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer, and Lawrence offers tips and some reflections on experiencing the outdoors. Tune in to AMI Audio for all the fun or download the podcast. About Ou...

Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther is pleased to have Erik Weihenmayer as our featured guest. In the first of this two-part interview, Erik shares with us the many challenges he’s experienced in his pursuit of summitting the tallest mountains in the world blind. His strategies and use of basic technologies provide valuable lessons that can be applied in most any challenging situation. So strap on your...

Episode 30 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther explores what it takes to be a blind ultra-trail race competitor in the 125 km 24-hour Canada Death Race. Ms Lilly describes ten of the world’s toughest trail races, and blind trail racer Richard Marsolais explains what it takes to compete. As always, we include low- and high-tech tips on trail racing, and insights on how trail running differs from mara...

Today on Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther we explore whether to bee or not to bee a blind beekeeper. Ms Lilly introduces us to research that ranks the pain level of over 98 different insect stings. Dave Brown and Lawrence discuss Murder Wasps. Tom Ponech gives tips on being a blind beekeeper, and lawrence reflects on how to avoid being stung in the first place. About Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther:...

Dragon boats may be over 2,500 years old, but blind and vision impaired athletes love them. ON this episode of AMI Audio’s podcast, “Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther”, it’s all about what it takes to become a competitive dragon boat paddler. Ms Lilly explores their origins, and we speak with Albert McDonald, a dragon boat coach for the Dartmouth Dragon Boat vision impaired team. Lawrence, a competit...

Fishing blind or blind fishing – it all depends on who’s doing the fishing. ON Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, Ms Lilly tells us where to go to catch the biggest catfish in Canada, and has some giant catfish stories, including how to noodle to catch catfish. Dr. Catfish calls in to tell listeners about his new book featuring his favorite catfish fishing rigs and invites listeners to join his blind...

June 8 is World Ocean Day. What better way to pay homage than to listen to what the ocean has to say. Ms Lilly challenges listeners with a series of underwater marine recordings, and Lawrence speaks with Eline Kelsey, the host of the new Sound aquatic Podcast. Lawrence’s Tip covers how to use your ears to find things underwater, and he reflects on how aquatic animals have evolved to overcome darkn...

On episode 25 of AMI-audio’s original podcast, Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, it’s all about cabin ownership. What draws people to build that getaway in the outdoors, that second home, a personal hideaway? What does someone without sight need to know when choosing to build or buy a cabin? Lawrence, Ms. Lilly and guests invite listeners in to learn the pros and cons, and their tips and tech you ne...

People often look for a challenge to stimulate their creativity and expand their horizons. San Francisco’s Lighthouse for the blind and Visually Impaired offers just such an incentive through their annual holman Prize competition. Ms Lilly and I review three of the 2021 outdoor oriented Homan Prize semifinalists, and I speak with a 2017 Prize winner about his international blind kayaking adventure...

April 22 is Earth Day, so what better way to celebrate than to explore different ways to defy gravity. Ms Lilly schools us on critters that have figured out how to Glide. Our bucket list is Freedom Wings Canada where people with disabilities can go to learn to fly gliders. We explore the technology used by blind pilot Miles Hilton Barber to fly his microlight plane halfway around the world. And we...

Spring has sprung, and in eastern Canada this means maple syrup season! Ms. Lilly schools us on how trees are way more like animals than we ever imagined. The Vanier Sugar Shack is our bucket list destination where we learn all about the Indigenous and Francophone connections to maple syrup. Learn tips on how to tell exactly when sap becomes syrup during the cooking process, and reflect on what tr...

Imagine racing through northern Alaska along the Beaufort Sea coastline for 1,600 kilometers on a dog sled. Now imagine doing it blind. Rachael Scdoris has done just that – four times. Learn how Rachael took her love of dog mushing to the competitive level and has since made it her business on episode 21 of AMI Audio’s original podcast, Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther. About Outdoors with Lawrence...

On Episode 20 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther it’s still winter and there’s still ice, so let’s go skating, blind. First though, Ms Lilly has some schooling for us on when ice first took hold on earth, and how often our big, beautiful planet froze as hard as a nut. Lilly has also been looking up information about outdoor skating opportunities in Canada, and examples of blind ice skaters who comp...

On Episode 19 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, it’s all about Lake Superior. Ms Lilly explains how we can help lower greenhouse gasses and suggests the family re-visit Lake Superior’s Sleeping Giant. Lawrence and his special guests discuss why the big lake is becoming famous for all sorts of reasons and offers tips on sailing blind. Let’s get to know the lake the Ojibwe call gichi-gami, after al...

On episode 19 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther it’s all about Lake Superior. Ms Lilly explains how we can help lower greenhouse gasses and suggests the family re-visit Lake Superior’s Sleeping Giant. Lawrence and his special guests discuss why the big Lake is becoming famous for all sorts of reasons and offers tips on sailing blind. Let’s get to know the lake the Ojibwe call gichi-gami, after all...

February deep freezes have all of us dreaming about summer-days on the beach. Nova Scotia has some of the most beautiful beaches and coastline in Canada. On episode 18 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther Ms Lilly schools us on unusual sea creatures living in Canada’s oceans, we hear from Dalhousie University’s executive director of the Ocean Tracking Network about sharks and where they are turning u...

The Inuit tradition of fishing through the ice is one shared by millions of Canadians who head out on to Canada’s frozen lakes, rivers and bays each winter. It’s a practice that has everyone fishing blind. On this episode of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, we learn about the state of Canada’s Arctic ice from Ms Lilly, hear about fully equipped ice shanties for rent that you can overnight in, delve...

On episode 16 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, we delve into the science of smelling food, and the way food smells with Ms Lilly. And would you believe it, time to book NEXT summer’S eco-tourism destination if you want to get THAT BUCKET LIST DESTINATION, DATE AND cabin of your dreams. On the tips and tech segment, Lawrence offers up some tips on backyard cooking and his favorite accessible cook...

ON episode 15 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, we explore what’s lighting up earth on winter solstice, a must-do Canadian bucket list winter destination, and the hottest planet friendly outdoor gift suggestions. Ms Lilly and AMI’s Dave Brown join Lawrence on this year-end special guaranteed to make you smile. Please give back to the Outdoor team by leaving a glowing review on Apple Podcast or wh...

Alpine, nordic, telemark or back-country, what kind of skier are you? This week on Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther we delve into the world of winter skiing in all its forms. Ms. Lilly schools us on the different opportunities specific for those with low vision or blind, and our bucket list destination is the Braille Mountain Initiative in western Canada. Winters coming and it’s time to get out the...

Every Canadian has an adventurist soul, and travelling to Canada’s Arctic is likely on most people’s bucket list. It wasn’t that long ago that the idea of travelling through the Arctic by ship was pretty much out of the question – no longer. On Episode 13 of Outdoors with Lawrence Gunther, we head north with Geoff Green from Students on Ice, discuss the latest polar expedition with Dave Brown, and...

With winter drawing close, Lawrence, Lilly and eldest sister Alexandra aren’t ready to put their hiking boots away just yet. Ms. Lilly schools Lawrence on braille trails and sensory gardens, Alberta’s Kananaskis Country is our featured bucket list destination. Lawrence and Alexandra take a hike in the Gatineau Hills with some tech in tow, and Lawrence reflects on a mountain-climbing expedition he...