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2024
Expedition Northeast Complete
After 372 days and 3900km (2145km as crow flies) I hiked out of the fog to Cape Pine Lighthouse to complete Expedition Northeast. A 6 year dream was realized. What a rip in the wilderness. It was a journey that just kept on going. Canoe, snowshoe, bike and hike...
Expedition Northeast Update: June 4th, 2024
The old dirt. Rain & East-Northeast wind 13/15 days of hike. Benefit: No flies & cool work. 107 trackless km in. 78 as crow flies. Mattie Mitchell turf. https://explore.garmin.com/textmessage/viewmsg?culture=en-US&mo=08dc847dcbf3bbf26045bd2dec0400000...
Expedition Northeast Day 332
Day 332: 3100km covered across Northeast Canada's great wilderness by canoe, snowshoe, bike now hike. A first. On foot one truly sees the guts of the land. Location: https://explore.garmin.com/textmessage/viewmsg?culture=en-US&mo=08dc82f799c147a7000d3aa7100a00000...
Expedition Northeast May 16th, 2024 Update
Been interesting times folks! Just solo bikepacked 1150km across Trans Labrador Highway - a remote road through the heart of the Big Land's vast wilderness. Camped all the way in grimy wet, snowy, damp freeze ya to the bone spring weather. Grimier than me even. My...
Expedition Northeast Update March 2024
After 230km in 22 days through Labrador's interior (from Schefferville) I dragged the ol' sled out to the Trans Labrador Wilderness Highway Friday, just west of Churchill Falls. What a treat to see my supportive and legend of a wife Heather for the first time in 4...
Expedition Northeast Update: February 13th,2024
After 38 days and 207km blasted with several major snow storms, extreme temps from a bone stabbing -42C (-51C windchill) to a soft 0 C , an 800foot upriver climb packing at minimum 40km of the route through deep frosty powder (returning for sled each time), breaking...
Expedition Northeast Day 192
D192(Day 11 AM winter trek) -20C, fine, starlit, quiet. Crisp O2. 40k rearview. Deep steps lately but only go harder. VOCM NL Irish show on mind packin up. *Picture from Winter 2021* See Linked...