Acknowledgements

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 Support for this trip has come in many forms, from those who have inspired me along my paddling journey, to those who heard what I was doing and lent me the extra gear I needed.  

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• To Ken Gill, my dad, for introducing me to kayaking and taking me to wild places.

• To Tina Gill, my mom, for supporting me, even when my adventures scared her and for the all the homemade power food for this trip.

• To Danielle, Hope, Holly & Mack, my incredible, loving, supportive and adventurous family.

• To Bob Putnam, Erian and Ingrid Baxter, Mike Darbyshire and Vivian Nishikiori the extremely supportive owners and management at Deep Cove Kayak & Deep Cove Outdoors. 

• To all the staff of Deep Cove Kayak, you constantly inspire me and make my job easy.

• To JF Marleau & Kate Hives, from SKILS, for the most amazing guide course 11 years ago, that really got me stoked on paddling.

• To James Manke, Stohlquist, Aqualung & Princeton Tech for coming through with a drysuit at the last minute and a surprise box of gear goodies.

• To Marty Perry, who I would follow to Skook whenever I could, to learn from the best!

• To Rowan Gloag and Costain Leonard, for their progressive thinking and for teaching me how to be a better coach.

• To Jack McKillop, for being better than me, after only having paddled for two weeks... opening my eyes to what was possible in a sea kayak.

• To Dylan Adams, my training partner, I wouldn't be attempting this trip had he not pushed me to paddle so much this spring.

• To Sterling & Marsha at Sterling Kayaks, although I am not paddling one of their kayaks for the trip, the design of their boats has kept me passionate about sea kayaking!

• To Jaime Sharp, for sharing a wealth of expedition advice during our paddle down the Colorado last February and also for offering me the use of so much of his gear, even if I didn't end up needing it.

• To Ashley Slater, for the use of his Sat phone

• To Mike Gilbert, for the use of his InReach GPS

• To Amy Harris, for the use of the GoPro​

 

 

To everybody I have paddled with, learned from, taught... and anybody still reading this far down the page,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

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