Redfish Lake is the farthest inland that the Pacific salmon reach in their annual migrations. It only feels appropriate that in my migrations I come and paddle on this pristine and amazing mountain lake, captured by enormous peaks. My friend Courtney Samway froze with me on this excursion…

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The December issue of  Sea Kayaker magazine is out, with a rather verbose article written by yours truly, titled “31 Days of Rice, Butter, and Lingcod.” It’s about my summer trip from 2008 down the western coast of Vancouver Island solo in a skin-on-frame kayak, and about doing subsistence kayaking all the way.

Since the article was wordy enough, instead I’m gonna put some of the unpublished photos from the trip here. If you want to find out more, I’ll be giving a presentation on the trip this Saturday, November 6th, at the Kayak Academy for Greenland Week, or you can just pick up a Sea Kayaker!

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