My Stories
Along the north Pacific coast, the early sea kayak biz, and other miscellany.These are PDF's so you will need to have Acrobat Reader
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My StoriesAlong the north Pacific coast, the early sea kayak biz, and other miscellany. |
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| In Just Thirty Years (not ready for viewing yet) Some observations about the changes I've seen along the wild BC Coast since I started paddling there in 1974. How doing things that seemed innocuous back then have become inappropriate today. The Great Bear Rain Coast and the First Nations jurisdictions. |
| West Chichagof Island 1973 - My very first overnight sea kayak trip in a flimsy boat - 28 days of Alaskan wilderness, open ocean, and slim rescue prospects. Foolish by today's safety standards. |
| Moresby Island before Gwaii Haanas (not ready for viewing yet) 1974 - My second sea kayak trip. The southern Queen Charlottes (now called Haida Gwaii). Abandoned villages, sea hippies, and loggers. |
| South Central BC Coast (not ready for viewing yet) Adventures between Johnstone Strait and Bella Bella 1976 to present. Kayak Bill and Haddiington John. |
| Seymour Inlet Portage 1985 - Seeking a route from one inlet to another where there wasn't one. One of those things I felt compelled to do, and would never repeat. How to drag a sea kayak up a cliff. |
| North BC Coast (not ready for viewing yet) Exploring the coast between Bella Bella and Prince Rupert via the western route. The Dead Ed Scenario. |
| Fast Saltwater (not ready for viewing yet) Paddling through BC's most notorious tide races, and some little known ones. Dent Rapids' hundred-foot whirlpools, camping on Nakwakto's Tremble Island at 16 knots. |
| Vancouver Island (not ready for viewing yet) Around the island in two years. Chased around Cape Scott by sea lions, escorted around Cape Cook by orcas, serenaded by wolves. |
| Light Stations Many are now automated and de-staffed, but some in BC still have light keepers. A few stories about encounters with them and keepers' life on "The Lights". Pine Island - mowing the lawn, swimming in the cistern, and a dusk rain of auklets. |
| The Kayak Biz Learning to design and build kayaks, Eddyline, living the author's life, and anonymity. |
| Building Cabins Illicit but harmless in the 70s and 80s, the time for doing this has now past, but here's what I did. Using materials off the beach to create little huts in the woods. |
| Cabins continued Burnett Bay goes public: hundreds shelter there, building a community in a logbook. Building the hidden Deserters cabin. |