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Our last day of paddling the Thomsen River is here. Our pick-up isn"™t set for 3 more days, but we have chosen to arrive at our last camping spot a little early to be on the safe side. This will...

13 July, 2015 /

The beautiful weather is holding up. With all the wind, rain and clouds in the first part of the trip, this sunny break is all the sweeter now. A leisurely breakfast is followed by our most relaxed day paddling yet. At...

12 July, 2015 /

What a glorious day! The sun has come out in full force at last, driving the temperature up to about 12 degrees celsius. Just as nice, a light wind has stayed with us as well, keeping most of the mosquitoes...

11 July, 2015 /

Up a little early today, at least by this trip's standards. 9am and we knock back breakfast, load up, and start hiking. Our destination is a bridge about 4 kms away, a place called Head Hill. With an incredible number...

10 July, 2015 /

Today is another great day for travel. It's overcast, cold and windy and we press on down-river. It's a very short paddling season up here and we"™re told the water levels are particularly low this year as well. We"™re made...

09 July, 2015 /

Packed up camp and moved down the river again today. This has been a sweet spot, but there are many places to see yet, and miles to cover. Wind has been the strongest yet, and after two hours of paddling...

08 July, 2015 /

5:30 AM and I'm outside in my long johns trying to calm a wildly flapping tarp. The rain and wind has been hitting hard all night and tore our dinner tarp free from its pegs. A few minutes later and...

07 July, 2015 /

Kicked off today shooting a time-lapse of our camp tear down and then paddling off onto the river. The filming is going well. The biggest challenge being the very limited amount of sun we"™ve been getting to charge our gear...

06 July, 2015 /

On the water by 1pm today. For a paddling "schedule", that seems like a really late start, but up here it feels pretty normal. The last two nights give us really late light and it was an attractive time to...

05 July, 2015 /
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