Bibliograph

Upwards, the story of the first woman to solo thru-paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Laurie Apgar Chandler

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Label

Upwards, the story of the first woman to solo thru-paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Laurie Apgar Chandler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Upwards

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1020074386

Responsibility statement

Laurie Apgar Chandler

Sub title

the story of the first woman to solo thru-paddle the Northern Forest Canoe Trail

Summary

In the summer of 2015, at age 53, Laurie Apgar Chandler became the first woman to solo thru-paddle New England's Northern Forest Canoe Trail. Achieving her improbable dream, to travel 740 miles alone in a small canoe, was by no means certain. Relatively new to wilderness paddling, she encountered challenges, expected and unexpected, that pushed her to the limits of her courage and endurance. Surprisingly, the scariest of these had a human face. Weaving faith, nature, and the abiding goodness of people into a captivating adventure tale, Upwards takes readers along storied waterways from New York's Adirondacks to Maine's Allagash Wilderness Waterway, proving that dreams are meant to be followed

Table Of Contents

Prologue -- A look over my shoulder -- What faith can see -- Carrying on -- Just enough courage -- Once you're wet, you're wet -- Muddy, monotonous, marvelous -- Bonjour, Quebec -- Weaving new friendships -- An abundance of angels -- Grit in the Granite State -- No worries -- Putting old ghosts to rest -- Taking the hidden path -- Once in a blue moon -- Into the Allagash alone -- From the past will come the future -- So worth it -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Camping, lodging and mileage statistics

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