Moose and Exhaustion on the Nulhegan
August 31st 2007 Friday, August 31st, 2007, Island Pond, Vermont. Darrin awoke to wind and a cloudy sky. He began the day by crossing Island Pond, and portaging three miles over a height of land to Nulhegan Pond. From there, he paddled into the Nulhegan River, where he would start an eagerly anticipated stint of downriver paddling.
It was immediately apparent that “River” was an overstatement. That particu
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