Canoeing 5,000 Miles in 5 Months

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October 18, 2013

Bob Vollhaber approaches Anchorage and the end of his jounrey after 5 months in his canoe. — Bob Vollhaber approaches the end of his journey in Anchorage after 5 months in his canoe. Photo courtesy Bob Vollhaber.

Bob wearing a hat given to him by commercial fisherman he met near Togiak, Alaska.

Starting in Washington, going over the Chilkoot Pass, down the Yukon, through the Bering Sea, up river to Lake Iliamna, finally ending up in Anchorage’s Westchester Lagoon, Bob Vollhaber paddled a canoe five thousand miles in five months. He’d never done anything like the before. On the next Outdoor Explorer, listen to an interview with Bob recorded on September 17th, just days after he completed the extraordinary journey.

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Courtesy of Bob Vollhaber.

Lake Illiamna. Photo courtesy Bob Vollhaber.

Kristin Spack