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Map on the Birch, Man on the Run: Surviving the Kessler Gorge
Map on the Birch, Man on the Run: Surviving the Kessler Gorge
A laminated topographic map was zip-tied to a birch at shoulder height beside a nature trail - bright orange tie, eleven miles of river with no public access below, and a missing 62-year-old retired engineer drifting somewhere in the cold, fast Kessler Gorge. Who left the map, and why was it pinned where only a dog walker would spot it?
In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from a Friday morning canoe launch through a capsized boat, lost map and navigation by coordinates alone, to a search that split in multiple…
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