On August 24, 2022 Bethany Hughes and Lauren Reed paddled into Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, Canada. This completes Her Odyssey expedition’s mission to physically connect the Americas from Patagonia to the Arctic…
THE FIRST WOMAN TO WALK THE LENGTH OF THE AMERICAS
I’ve been taking account and my mind boggles to reckon with facts like: -I have written and published over 1,000,000 words -Covered at least 18,221 human powered miles -Over the…
Aftermath, Reverse Culture Shock & Reintegration
September 2, 2022-March 2, 2023 At the time of writing, it has been 6 months since we completed the Her Odyssey Expedition. I wanted to take this storytelling ‘the extra…
A Week in Tuktoyaktuk
August 24- September 1 We paddled into the pebbly beach on one of dozens of coves which frame the Inuvialuit hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk around 8:30 pm on August 24th. John…
Canoeing the Deh Cho [Mackenzie River] Pt. IV: the Delta
August 14- August 24 Starting into the braids of the Mackenzie Delta at Separation Point, felt like breaching the ends of the earth. Everything beyond here was muskeg; land…
Canoeing the Deh Cho [Mackenzie River] Pt. III: Fort Good Hope – Mackenzie Delta
Fort Good Hope – Separation Point August 8- August 14 Our first day out of Fort Good Hope we enjoyed crossing paths and comparing notes with another canoeing duo. They…
Canoeing the Dehcho [Mackenzie River] Pt. II: Tulita- Fort Good Hope
July 25- August 8 The final weeks were spent reveling in having found our daily rhythm: loading the boat, mid-day snacks and yerba mate, Ikea bags key to moving kit…
Canoeing the Dehcho [Mackenzie River] Pt. I
July 13-July 25, 2022 Fort Providence- Tulita Setting out from Fort Providence we navigated our first thunder and lightning deluge. We’ve watched them skirt the river and it was fascinating…
Barges, Break Up and Bears: Onto the Dehcho [Mackenzie] River
July 5 – July 12, 2022 Hay River- Fort Providence The Dehcho, or Mackenzie River (often referred to locally as ‘The Big River’) is the primary artery to the Northwest…
Canoeing Slave River & Great Slave Lake: Fort Chipewyan to Hay River
June 20- July 5, 2022 If your language was blinking toward extinction but you could choose one word of your heritage to be carried forward, what would it be? Mahsi…
Canoeing: Athabasca to Fort Chipewyan
June 6 – 19, 2022 We set off on our bikes from Arno and Elaine’s woodland reprieve feeling goofy and confident. We took our time, balancing covering ground with this…
