Les W wrote:
It took them 55 days to make the trip from Reindeer to Baker. We allowed 56 for our trip from Wollaston, which is much shorter. Looks like they began paddling on July 1st, 2 weeks later than we did. I believe it was Alex Hall that made the point about starting early and finishing early to avoid the August storms but, being a summer camp, they would not have had this option. I would have dropped the solo canoe ASAP. Anyway it's all hind sight. They did finally make it and there was a happy ending, 28 years later, "Under The Bridge".
The fact that one participant apparently suffered a breakdown he attributed to the trip (PTSD?) and was hospitalized for a month suggests that it was not a cakewalk. I certainly agree about the solo canoe: they would probably been better off tripling up in one canoe. But as you say, hindsight.
Kinguq