Patrick Frisbie's love of the backcountry began as a youngster on canoe trips down the Wisconsin River where his father taught him that time spent on the couch or in front of a computer must be offset with time in the great outdoors lest one's "red-blood density" fall too low. Since then he has been replenishing his red-blood density with wilderness trips to places such as Denali, Quetico, British Columbia, Sequoia, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon. Pat finds helping trip participants recover from the civilized life its own reward and "once the trip starts, everything's bully."