This spring rumors started flying around the Beyond community about the possibility of a combo trip: to paddle from Egmont to Basecamp, and then do a mountain route. Everyone had different chunks of info regarding the trip: who would guide it, how long it would take, what route would be done, where the trip was from. As it turned out, two sea kayakers, Andrew Akridge and Mike Cobb, and two mountain guides, Matty Azar and myself, had the joy of guiding 18 studly high school grads from Georgia up the Jervis Inlet to the summit of Sun Peak (actually JJ the peak directly behind Sun Peak).
The trip was as huge success. We experienced a five hour night paddle (or death paddle, it depends on who you ask…) under the starlit sky with the bioluminescence lighting up every fish darting below us, turning every paddle stroke into an explosion of green light. We summited JJ in a white out and as we crossed the glacier the clouds broke before us, revealing the grandeur of those mountains. We shared our life stories and asked each other the hard questions that often go unsaid. We talked about how we are going to live for Christ in the newness of the upcoming year.
It was an impacting week for everyone involved…campers, leaders, and the four of us guides alike. It’s hard to explain how sweet that trip was in just a few paragraphs, and maybe that’s for the better…our experiences will only be fully known by those we shared them with. We can say that there are 18 guys fired up to live a life glorifying to God in their post high school adventures.
The trip was as huge success. We experienced a five hour night paddle (or death paddle, it depends on who you ask…) under the starlit sky with the bioluminescence lighting up every fish darting below us, turning every paddle stroke into an explosion of green light. We summited JJ in a white out and as we crossed the glacier the clouds broke before us, revealing the grandeur of those mountains. We shared our life stories and asked each other the hard questions that often go unsaid. We talked about how we are going to live for Christ in the newness of the upcoming year.
It was an impacting week for everyone involved…campers, leaders, and the four of us guides alike. It’s hard to explain how sweet that trip was in just a few paragraphs, and maybe that’s for the better…our experiences will only be fully known by those we shared them with. We can say that there are 18 guys fired up to live a life glorifying to God in their post high school adventures.
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