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Sometimes, just sometimes, we can embark on a great adventure, secure in the comfort of our own homes. Perhaps without the strained muscles, wet clothes and cold nights, but in mind at least, we can follow the paths of others and feel something of their experience.

This past summer, my youngest son, my daughter and her boyfriend (visiting from the Netherlands) decided to throw caution to the wind and embark on a 30-day, 600-kilometre kayak trip through the Inside Passage, from the northern tip of Vancouver Island, north to Prince Rupert.

Now I trust the abilities and survival skills of these three, all close to 30 years old. Still, there wa

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