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2013 Gold Winner IBPA Ben Franklin AwardsIn a memoir remarkable for its quiet confidence and acute natural observation, the author of Paddling Hawaii and Paddling My Own Canoe begins with her decision, at age 60, to undertake a solo, summer-long voyage along the southeast coast of Alaska in an inflatable kayak. Paddling North is a compilation of Sutherland's first two (of over 20) such annual trips and her day-by-day travels through the Inside Passage from Ketchikan to Skagway. In 22 years she encountered over 30 bears, four wolves, and hundreds of whales. Her lifelong philosophy, "Go simple, go solo, go now," is illustrated in this reflection-filled story of kayaking adventure. Includes maps, illustrations, and the author's camp food recipes.
List of contents
Foreword Chapter 1 The ChoiceChapter 2 Survival StartChapter 3 Misty Fjords and Whales Chapter 4 Cabins and Clarence StraitChapter 5 Hot Springs Quest Chapter 6 Sea Otter Sound and Shipley Bay Chapter 7 Sumner Strait Terror Chapter 8 Devil's Elbow to Baranof Island Chapter 9 Warm Springs to Peril Strait Chapter 10 Sergius Narrows, Sitka, and North Chapter 11 Open Seas and a Quest Fulfilled Chapter 12 Capsize and Glacier Bay Chapter 13 Wolf at Breakfast Chapter 14 Bears and a Broken Paddle Bibliography: Books mentioned in the text Bibliography: Other useful books Gear List
About the author
Audrey Sutherland grew up in California but lived in Hawai'i from 1952 until her death in 2015 at the age of 94. She raised her four children as a single mother, supporting her family by working as a school counselor. In 1962, she decided to explore the coast of Moloka'i by swimming it while towing an inflatable raft with supplies, a story told in
Paddling My Own Canoe (Patagonia, 2018). Ever after she was an inveterate water traveler. She was also the author of
Paddling Hawai'i.
Summary
An Epic Memoir of an Intrepid Solo Adventurer, a Woman Who Lived by the Philosophy "Go Simple, Go Solo, Go Now"
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