Windbound Fire

Darrin kept warm while windbound.

September 4th 2007
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007. Metallik Island, Richardson Lake, Maine. Darrin awoke to a strong north wind, which never bodes well before a day of paddling on a narrow, finger-shaped lake with a north-south orientation. He set out anyway, determined to at least see what was possible. As he’d feared, the Lake’s shape funneled the wind directly at him. After three miles of fighting three ... read more

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NFCT Journey

Darrin Kimbler

Darrin L. Kimbler solo thru-paddled the 740-mile Northern Forest Canoe Trail (NFCT), an historic water trail through the forests of New York, Vermont, Quebec, New Hampshire, and Maine. His journey was completed over 50 days, from August 12 - October 1, 2007. The water trail was officially established in September 2006; and Darrin was one of the first fifteen people to complete a thru-paddle. For more information on the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, see www.northernforestcanoetrail.org. Darrin didn't spend much time behind a computer while en route, so I kept this third-person narrative f... full info

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