Day 7: Looking back up the valley. I'll try to describe what it is like to get out of bed and immediately expose yourself to water that moments ago was actually ice. This water is in the range of 1 to 3 degrees Celsius. Drinking it stings your teeth and… https://t.co/ytRh58YQ6t
Day 6: My home in the arctic. One must be flexible and able to change plans in a moment's notice when traveling in the arctic. For that reason, I scheduled an extra day in my itinerary in case of weather or injury. Today was a terrible rain and hail day.… https://t.co/FFttkrm6Ki
Day 5: Paddling amongst Giants. The plan for today was to head up Fork Beard Glacier and traverse the east side of Thor. But after being up close and personal with the ascent, I can say it is a challenging endeavour and not something I would take on by m… https://t.co/IyjFYQEVDb
Let's be real here. Raise your hand if you have eaten chicken vindaloo, while drinking river water out of a re-used gatorade bottle, while camped in front of the tallest vertical drop on earth, while wearing a ninja mask. 🤔 Anyone? #bueller#packraft… https://t.co/GrYoTkTgV8
Day 4: Time to break out the packraft! Its a short hike to the confluence of Summit and Glacier Lake. It is nessecary to cross the lake and portage the section of rapids from the east side so as not to retrace my steps. The terrain along Summit Like is g… https://t.co/ycHic0qu4h
Day 3: Staring back at the winding Weasel River and down the valley. It was a stinking cold night. There is ice and frost on my sleeping bag, tent, and anything that has moisture in it is frozen including my shoes. Today I push on to Summit Lake and I wi… https://t.co/yMQOO8p6yF
Day 2: Camping in front of Mount Thor. The sun comes up early in the Arctic, about 4 am. Tossing and turning I finally get the courage to climb out of my sleeping bag and get the day started. It takes a few minutes for my feet to warm my wet shoes, but I… https://t.co/avuiIvtU9J
Day 1: Looking south towards Pangnirtung as the tide rolls out. After a morning orientation session with the park office to review polar bear safety and essentially how not to die, I am boat shuttled to the upper southern fjord by a young man named Josep… https://t.co/zdGdbr5awK
Pangnirtung - the jump off point to my arctic expedition. This is a remote community, accessed only by small aircraft. With a population of roughly 1400, Inuit are the true ultralight adventurers of Canada and can be completely self sufficient if need be… https://t.co/UrpwtMKXVA
Done ✔️ A test of physical and mental endurance, where success is not measured by distance or time, but by the ability to finish. A place where polar bears patrol the coastline while whales hide from orcas in the fjords, where mountain cliffs reach h… https://t.co/Z1WCkyweH5
My route 👍 Black line is hiking, red line is packrafting. Roughly 95 km by foot and packraft. Making my way North up the banks of the Weasel River, scouting the rapids as I hike, I will continue up to Summit Lake before running the Weasel River out t… https://t.co/MNVz3mr8le