I’m itchy and everything smells wet and gross…yet I’m not ready to leave at all. I would happily stay, given the chance. Once again, like leaving my house full of climbing best friends in the middle of a perfect summer to come here, I feel like I am leaving in a perfect era that won’t…
Category: Kayaking
Hot Springs on the Edge of the World: Kayaking Day 6 – Gandll K’in Gwaay.yaay (Hot Spring Island)
Now that all the sightseeing and tours are finished (the good weather and hard paddling we’ve done in the first half of the trip means we hit all our itinerary points ahead of schedule), this is basically just a sweet camping trip with my new friends. We have a chill sleep in (waking at 7:30am…
Real Relaxation: Kayaking Day 5 – Windy Crossings and Nap Beach
Blustery and chilly and tired but still surrounded by water and huge trees, so still happy. I’m sitting beside a massive cedar that must be at least 800 years old, its base as wide as my car. Though it’s a blustery day and I feel creaky and depleted, I am so happy to be here…
Thousand Year Trees and the Protests that Protected Them: Kayaking Day 4 – Hlk’yah GawGa (Windy Bay)
How did I forget? Yes I love paddling and am so stoked to learn about the ocean and the Haida culture and history, but as soon as we went walking through this ancient forest I remembered…I just love the trees. They are the real reason I came here. I lay against their massive trunks or…
Mind Blowing Haida History Lessons: Kayaking Day 3 – T’aanuu Llnagaay (Tanu)
Our schedule has shifted to an efficient one: 6:30am wakeup call (ethereal flute played by Devjeet), 7am coffee and breakfast, then pack up tents and belongings, carry the boats to the water, load them with our stuff, and start paddling by 9-9:30. Paddle a few hours, taking advantage of the calm waters that always arrive…
Geology of the Edge of the World: Kayaking Day 2
How a “transform boundary” is really a transformational boundary between worlds, plus paddling through giant kelp and eating Moroccan food on the beach in the middle of nowhere.
What are those totem poles all about? Kayaking Day 1: K’uuna Llnagaay (Skedans)
Awake at 5:30 am to pack my drybags, squeezing tights, raincoats, trailmix and ziplocked notebooks into 5 tiny 10L rolltops. Cross the 20 minute ferry to Moresby Island, my first time on the southern island of Haida Gwaii, and get to know the rest of my kayaking group in a 14 passenger bus as we…
