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Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure

Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure

by Don Starkell

Starkell and his two teenage sons set out by canoe from their home in Winnipeg, Canada in June 1980. Two years and 12,192 miles later two of them (one son dropped out) arrived in Belem at the mouth of the Amazon, having paddled some 20 million strokes. They camped and shared with natives; survived ocean capsizes, salt sores, robberies, and arrest. To do the whole trip by human power only developed a "stirring sense of connection with the great river travelers of history." Most of all, it meant fulfilling a dream and realizing abilities they didn't know they had--together.

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Paddle to the Arctic: The Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest Across the Roof of the World

Paddle to the Arctic: The Incredible Story of a Kayak Quest Across the Roof of the World

by Don Starkell

What do you do after you canoe from Winnipeg, Canada to the Amazon? Paddle a kayak from Hudson Bay 3,000 miles through the Northwest Passage, of course. The author of Paddle to the Amazon sets out on another epic and crazy adventure.

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