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Ikkatsu daily report – La Push to Third Beach

Posted by Ken Campbell August 11, 2012 2 Comments 2734 views

August 6, 2012 We didn’t leave the beach at La Push until about 1:00pm, which is pretty late, no matter how you look at it. Still, it left us with plenty of time to make it to Third Beach, and because of the Japanese TV crew that was attending us, that was set to be […]

Ikkatsu Expedition complete (sort of)

Posted by Ken Campbell August 10, 2012 1 Comment 1078 views

We got into Ruby Beach today at about noon after a great morning paddle from Mosquito Creek. Expect a full update in the days to follow, including more diary entries for CNN, but for now, allow me to just mention a few of the choice tidbits… – Once again, no mosquitoes at Mosquito Creek. Strange? […]

Southward…

Posted by Ken Campbell August 6, 2012 0 Comment 1423 views

The third leg of the Ikkatsu Project starts today. This was supposed to be the end of the paddling, but we’re going to come back out in September to make the out-and-back to Destruction Island. Because of wildlife concerns and nesting sea birds, we can’t include it on this portion of the trip as originally […]

Going south

Posted by Ken Campbell August 4, 2012 0 Comment 1148 views

When I look at the map for the next leg of the Ikkatsu Expedition, I see a coastline that rivals any on earth for raw beauty and power. There are the standing stones and offshore stacks of the Giant’s Graveyard, the defiance of Toleak Point, jutting out into the wild surf from the deep green […]

50

Posted by Ken Campbell August 2, 2012 6 Comments 0 views

If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself. At some point, however, it’s better to be a good liver than to have one. Mary and the boy are going to be abducting me for the next few days – a birthday kidnapping – and I […]

365 x 2

Posted by Ken Campbell July 31, 2012 0 Comment 1429 views

I didn’t know it at the time, but when Backpackers Supply shut its doors for the last time on July 31st, 2010, it instantly became a date that I seem to be fated to always remember. An anniversary of sorts, the day that the oxygen ran out of a business and the final paychecks were […]

More hockey, if you please

Posted by Ken Campbell July 30, 2012 0 Comment 1097 views

Personally, I think that hockey should be in the Olympics. I know, I know, it is. But I think it should be in the summer games as well as the winter… I mean, if LA can win the Stanley Cup, there’s no reason to keep the ice-men down, right? The way I see it, you […]

For your eyes only

Posted by Ken Campbell July 29, 2012 2 Comments 1305 views

The cover of Backpacker magazine this month promises details about parks and wilderness getaways that nobody else knows about. According to the cover of the current Sunset, you’ll find more inside info between their covers as well. Curious? Leaving aside the obvious – if someone’s taken the trouble to publish a story about a place, […]

When worlds collide

Posted by Ken Campbell July 28, 2012 0 Comment 1706 views

The annual Northwest Coast Indian Canoe Journey is underway, destination Squaxin Island. The event is an imposing collection of tribal canoes and paddlers, over 100 boats in all, with representatives from Washington, British Columbia and Alaska coming together to celebrate native heritage. The armada came past our place at Salmon Beach a couple of mornings […]

Sounds like a kayaker…

Posted by Ken Campbell July 27, 2012 0 Comment 1147 views

“The cruises which I have made in small vessels not infrequently have been denounced as foolhardy undertakings. However, when I had given a short explanation such doubters would become silent. They soon understood that there is still much to be learned about breaking waves, and that there is no better way to study the safety […]