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When you're paddling 500 kilometres through the Yukon wilderness, there's no room for mistakes. One wrong turn, one moment of inattention, and you could find yourself in a life-threatening situation with nothing but what's on your back. I learned this the hard way on the Hess River when I nearly lost my entire boat and all my gear to the rapids.That experience taught me something crucial: your survival kit isn't just gear you throw in your boat: it's what you carry on your pe

I've spent years guiding others through the wild places of Northumberland, Scotland and Europe. I love watching people surprise themselves. Still, nothing quite prepared me for a small red inflatable canoe, shot gun, food barrel and few more essentials and the Hess River in northern Yukon. Twelve days downriver. No phone signal, no markers, no sign at all of human life. Gravel bars for camp, spruce for windbreaks, cold glacial water doing its old, patient work. The river set

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