KEITH KLAPSTEIN
TODD MACFIE
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from the 1960s to the early 1980s. Keith had read Neil’s book Puffin Cove and was eager to see the place. Todd had read Bijaboji, Betty’s account of her 1930s canoe trip up the Inside Passage, and become somewhat smitten with the ad- venturous lady. In Mike Inlet, the black flies were brutal and the camping marginal at best—and love, well, a man in love will not be denied. We stuffed scattered, drying belongings from the pebble beach into our kayaks and were ready to go in half an hour. When Todd, Keith and I had started our trip 30 days ear-
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lier, the packing process had taken more than twice as long. We split the expedition into two parts, first going counter- clockwise around Graham Island, returning to our starting point in Queen Charlotte City to re-supply, then con- tinuing in the same direc- tion around Moresby and Kunghit islands. Paddling
460 kilometres around Graham had worked out all our packing kinks for this second leg of the journey. Breaking out from the shadow of the mountains, we joined the big blue at its huffing, puffing best. Thirty-
UFFIN COVE is where local legends Neil and Betty Carey built a cabin and homestead that they lived in
I envisioned a journey that would take me away from the crawling city and bring me face to face with raw nature. Now the bleak thought squeezed into my brain, “Frank, you should be careful what you ask for.”
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