Hey guys, short update
concerning our travels. We arrived in Whitehorse.
During the last 4 days
we drove 2200 kilometers.
Anyway, we arrived in Whitehorse and umm
our plan is
to canoe on the Yukon River
Which has a super fast flowing current.
We are going to
canoe 320 km on this river
starting from tomorrow.
We prepare everything now.
Made a reservation for the canoe. Got some recommendations.
Now we have to do some shopping to organize our supplies.
As you can see,
the current is very fast.
On our way we will encounter a lake which is about 50 km long.
We will have to canoe trough the lake using solely our own force.
And the lake can even have
high waves
which can be dangerous depending on weather and
how windy it is.
Me and Reinhold will be doing this.
Evelyn decided to split up here in Whitehorse.
I'm flying to Bangkok. She decided to move to warmer areas.
To Bangkok. Exactly!
It's on for the boys!
They are leaving. Is it working for you?
See you soon. Have a good trip! Don't freeze to death!
After our last meal together at Tim Hortons
we our now on the river. Just started.
Back there is Whitehorse's downtown.
And now we will be 8 days in the wildernes of the Yukon River.
322 km.
Evelyn stays in Whitehorse with the car and checks out the area.
And then she flies to Bangkok in the next days.
If we are lucky Evelyn will bring the car to Carmacks, which is our
destination. It's a small village located at the Yukon River.
Otherwise we will hitchhike back
to get the to the car.
We're on the water now for two and a half hours.
It's extremely beautiful here.
Totally wild and umm.
Here at this junction where the Takhini River
which flows into the Yukon River, some random guy is jet-skiing.
Keep calm. Why not?
We're on an island.
By the name Egg Island.
Exploring it. People have
brought all kind of stuff here. Picknick table
handmade
back here a fire pit.
Actually a nice spot for the night.
But we plan to
sleep on another Island further down the river.
Good morning! We successfully withstood the first night.
Survived!
Here we pulled our boat our last night.
It's an Island here in the Yukon River.
Good morning!
Yesterday evening we started a fire.
Cooked using the fire.
Now umm
again we boil water.
For the breakfast.
For breakfast we will have oatmeal with muesli and banana.
With ... water.
Yesterday we spent five hours on the river and swum about 30km.
Ahead of us lies a big section in the form of a lake.
It is about 50 km long.
And it also is ummm
the unpredictable section said the
people from the canoe rental.
Because if the weather get'S bad there can be high waves.
And of course you can't canoe then.
As far as I can tell we have nice weather now.
As you can see the trees are reflected in the water.
Last night, of course, the temperatures were below freezing.
Because this morning everything was frozen.
Now it's about 4 degrees.
It's cold in the north!
But it's not as bad as I thought.
You can handle it.
Especially with the fire yesterday.
Day two on the river. Continuing to the lake.
Curious how it will be.
Now we arrived at the mouth of Lake Laberge.
It's definitely big!
And windy!
We're paddling trough the lake since three and a half hours.
We felt totally safe because
the lake was very
calm. But now
the wind got a lot stronger.
Reinhold is about to
secure everything and to make everything waterproof.
Evening of day two. We misestimated the location of our campsite.
We paddled a little too far.
Still found a nice spot.
With fire.
With a beach.
View.
Today we're finished. Setting up the tent.
We finished 20 of the 50 km.
Continuing tomorrow.
The fire is lit.
Breakfast is there.
Waves are still there.
Back there we set up our tent last night.
And because the waves are still pretty high,
we will try to paddle out without all the equipment.
If we have the impression that this works and that we can make some progress this way,
we will do it, because we don't want to be stuck here.
Preparations.
About to start now.
Unfortunately the waves are too strong!
We are stuck!
It's the evening of day 3.
We just chilled.
Because the waves were way too high.
Reinhold used the time to modify the boat.
With extra drive. And extra uplift.
Because we don't want to just sit around.
We are heading out now although
it is quite late already. Half past 7.
But if one hasn't done anything the whole day and if we go full power now,
we can still make some progress I think.
We just arrived at this campsite in the dark.
45 minutes ago. Tent is set up.
Time to sleep.
730 am
Something is scratching against out tent...
and it's a porcupine.
It's hiding up there in the tree.
Day 4. We have
finished 35 of 50 km of the lake.
Swum roughly 14 km yesterday.
Preparing breakfast now.
Day 4.
About 15 km of lake lay ahead of us.
Reinhold is right there.
Hi! Let's go!
We're about to leave Lake Laberge behind.
To continue to
Thirty Mile
Without these things we would have been lost.
We wouldn't have had a chance. We would still
camp somewhere and chill.
50 kilometers of lake lie behind us.
the next section is said to be the most beautiful one.
On the Yukon River.
From the drain of Lake Laberge to until the Teslin River joins.
Day 4. We're moving on again.
And the current has a crazy speed here so we just drift.
Right now we're on Hootalinqua or Shipyard Island.
And behind me is the SS Evelyn.
She was pulled out somewhen and
never found her way back into the water. Ever since then she rotting away.
This Island has been used in winter as a drydock.
It is located downstream of the lake, which obviously defrosts later then the river.
And if you have
some ships here you can
cruise the lower river section before the the lake is defrosted.
Another shipwreck.
We're standing in the middle of the river.
On a sand bank.
Which
Which destroyed the SS Klondike.
Ever since then she is rotting away.
It's totally crazy.
Actually one shouldn't do this, but we discovered a crazy phenomenon here.
It's echoing!
EEEEEEEEECCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHOOOOOO!
We're paddling since five days. That were the only other people we saw.
We waved. I think they were hunters.
yes...
That was it.
Now I have to deal with that guy.
Hello!
Day 6.
As you might see it rained.
Everything is wet.
It is still drizzling a little.
There are rain showers every now and then.
The tent is a little wet. Everything is a little wet.
Until Carmacks it's about ... Until our destination it's about 120 km on the river.
And we will make it. Probably two days left.
Today we don't have the best weather.
The weather calmed down.
Continuing.
With all the paddling we get very hungry all the time.
Now we're looting our food barrel on the boat.
Day 7.
We had a freezing cold night.
Yesterday we paddled more than 70 km.
That means we have about 45 km left to go to our destination Carmacks.
So we will need 7 instead of 8 days.
So we have been
in the middle of nowhere for 7 days now.
Now the first signs of civilization start to reappear.
There is a car and a boat.
A few power lines.
Slow but steady
We're coming back.
Seven days later we made it!!!
We're standing on the landing stage where we return the boat.
At a campground.
It'S a quite crazy feeling, 320 km in 7 days.
In the wild. Finally civilization!
Phone service!
Now we definitely need
a hot shower and something to eat!
Food! Nice food!
We're back in Whitehorse. Still haven't showered.
It's not even that bad.
We totally want
to treat ourselves with a pizza or steak or something like this.
Anyhow, thank you very much Evelyn
for driving our car to Carmacks!
So nice! We could just hop in.
Just threw out stuff in and didn't have to hitchhike.
Evelyn did that for us.
Totally nice! Absolutely!
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