Wild Northerner Magazine Summer 2016 | Page 89

doing a lot and trying a lot of new things. I want to do the Killarney loop in three days. I want to shoot rapids. I want to explore more. My No. 1 thing is to do a portaging canoe trip at Lake Superior.”

Black considers herself fortunate to not only have a wild spirit, but also the time to let it loose and run wild.

“Anything I do, I commit full tilt to it,” she said. “With my personality and spirit, I like to live each day with an adventure. I search for it. I just give it all I have.”