My brother in law had a cousin who was into serious paddling treks. Don Starkell. He left Winnipeg by canoe and traveled to the headwaters of the Amazon. Let that sink in. Wrote a book about that one called, you guessed it....Paddle to the Amazon.
I've paddled a number of the old fur trade routes and have gone from the Rockies (Banff) to Thunder Bay. So I know a little something about long distance canoeing. Going to the Amazon blows my mind.
He also tried to do the NorthWest passage by canoe, solo. He had to call it quits on that one and be evacuated. The polar bears were tracking him and he wasn't able to sleep. To say they are a problem is understating things.
Last edited by canvasback; 08/22/21 12:30 PM.
