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Trail Tales: Deep Trouble on Isle Royale (2/6)

Trail Tales: Deep Trouble on Isle Royale (2/6)

We paddled across Lake Superior from Grand Portage to Isle Royale (once!)

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Oct 04, 2021
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Crossing to Isle Royale by kayak is logistically stupid. You have to be a little out of your mind to do it. You have to not completely know what you’re getting into and like that, some horrible combination of endurance and long term adrenaline rush.

I wouldn’t wish 18 miles of open water in a 16 ft toothpick of a boat in a notoriously rough and unpredic…

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