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Two-month kayak trip delayed in Wasaga Beach Ohio native learns lessons from Great Lakes by Carol Dimock Exploring the Great Lakes by kayak this summer has been a spiritual as well as a physical journey for Steven Krall. The 29- year old native of Cleveland, Ohio, says his 60 days alone on the water gave him profound insights into the meaning of life and man's relationship to the earth. He also learned something about Canadian hospitality. Krall's kayak was blown into Wasaga Beach on September 9, after a two-month journey Over 670 miles. He had tried to make Collingwood, from Lafontaine beach, when unfavorable winds decided his destination for him. He left his kayak on the beach at Wasaga, and went to the restaurant. When he returned, his clothes and binoculars were missing. Krall was befriended by Jack Fleming, of Wasaga Marine, who offered Krall a place to sleep. In the meantime, Fleming's colleagues Bing Jowett and David Wilde alerted' the Chamber of Commerce and Businessmen's Associations in Wasaga Beach to Krall's plight. He was invited to the Opening of the Oktoberfest celebration at the Hotel Waldhorn, where the businessmen presented him with $50, the Chamber' with another $50; George McCague, MPP presented him with a pin, the mayor a town pin, and everyone of- fered him best wishes and the town's regrets for the misfortune that befell him _ there. "People are basically good", said Krall. "Its people like Jack that make .a_ trip ~ wor- thwhile."' Krall's journey began in Sarnia two. months ago, when he decided to paddle around the Great Lakes in search of in- sights into the relationship between the land, its people and the lakes. He carried food, a camp stove and a tent in the boat, stop- ping to camp along the way. On the first leg of his journey, he paddled from Sarnia to Tobermory, keeping about three to five miles offshore to avoid the danger of breaking water. At Tobermory, he made friends with some people who offered him a lift in their truck, with his kayak, to Sault St. Marie. Since it didn't matter in which order he explored the lakes, Krall accepted their offer. The journey from Sault Ste. Marie, down the Northern Channel, was an ordeal of heat and glare. With tem- peratures in the 100's day after day, water like glass, and intense haze over everything, Krall 'Found myself bobbing in a daze, a dreamlike state. Long- distance travel in a small boat is literally an altered state of reality. Every moment goes on forever." At Little Current, he phoned home to Cleveland and learned that his father was scheduled for heart surgery. Krall aban- doned his kayak, and his trip and hitchiked home to be with his family. When his father recovered, he came back and found his boat | in good order. Krall enjoyed the next leg of the journey, from Little Current to Honey Harbour, through the The Friday Times Second Class Mail Registration Number 3194 Published at 309 King Street, Midland, Ontario / 526-2283 The Friday Citizen Second Class Mail Registration Number 2327 Published at 75 Main Street, Penetanguishene, Ontario / 549-2012 Editor: Douglas Reed Advertising Manager: Robert Finch Circulation Manager: June Robbins | gl lLamneamtiam /Pulblishime Grow 30,000 islands of Georgian Bay. "The islands are like a riot of life, with hundreds' of little passages just right for a kayak to slip through. It -- was much more in- teresting than the Northern Channel- I could gauge my progress much better. "Tt was like travelling through the suburbs of Utopia," Krall said, referring to the cot- tages, kids with their own speedboats and windsurfers, endless summer fun in a paradise-like setting. ™ ity That'sMyLine | All was not perfect in Paradise, however. On thing Krall detested was the number of 'Private no tresspassing' signs all over the islands. They're ugly and un- necessary. "T feel I have the right to travel in North America, sleep on the ground when I'm tired. We're reaching a point, as the world becomes more populated, that people may not be able to do as what I'm doing."' Krall ran into. a Labour Day traffic jam in Honey Harbour, where waves thrown up by large power boats often threatened to smash his kayak on the rocks, "In the more urban _ areas, people were less likely to slow down for MARTIN J. PROST is pleased to announce that B. DENISE ASHBY, LL.B. formerly Family Therapist is now associated with him in the practice of law at 323 Midland Avenue, Midland, Ontario. 526-9328 Her preferred areas of Practice will be Family and Criminal Law. me. Some even seemed to speed up, and then watch to see how I handled it. _ Krall's confidence was not, shaken by irresponsible boaters, or by any other hardship or difficulty he has encountered on_ his voyage. "J don't believe in fear, or even in worry. Concern might be ap- propriate. Because I'll die, that's no reason not to live. "This has taken a certain amount of experience and a lot of common. sense. Judgement and patience is needed, to figure out when to paddle and when to wait. I'm like a gam- bler, working with odds. The margin is much smaller now; ever since Labour Day, when the weather changed, I'¥e been able to paddle only about half the time.' Krall is still waiting, at the home of Jack Fleming in Wasaga Beach, for weather conditions to permit him to leave for home. We're glad you asked! can convey overlooked. significance to uniform or dress. 'Midland 526-6551 Jim Lynn Funeral Director = : WHAT SHOULD THE DECEASED WEAR? 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