An adventurer, firefighter, and jiu-jitsu practitioner embarks on a journey of a lifetime—a 1,000 mile voyage through the Canadian sub-arctic—after recovering from a life-threatening illness.
The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting, already no stranger to pushing his own physical limits, was faced with a rare illness, he knew the only way for him to recover in both body and mind was to dig even deeper. Despite the dangers inherent in the sub-arctic, Kesting sets out on an unimaginably difficult journey. Completely alone in the wilderness for six weeks, where a single mistake could cost his life, Kesting followed in the footsteps of the native peoples and earliest explorers. In this deepest solitude and wracked with self-doubt, he found the strength to endure.
Perseverance is the moving and nail-biting account of his journey from near-death to a raw embrace of adventure and life. Inspirational, vulnerable and honest, Kesting shares the lessons he learned in the wilderness that will help us hold onto hope in our darkest moments and show how we can find the strength to overcome any obstacle.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- The Seven Stages of the 1,000-Mile Solo map
- Dedication
- Four Years Earlier: Transplantation Day
- Day 1: A Very Poor Start
- Day 2: The Maps Are Destroyed
- Day 3: Amputation Mindgames
- Day 4: The Three Bears
- Day 5: Rock Paintings and Waterfalls
- Day 6: Upstream on the Reindeer River
- Day 7: A Leg-Wobbling Portage
- Day 8: Against the Current
- Day 9: Devil Rapids
- Day 10: Out onto the Lake
- Day 11: Crossing the Lake
- Day 12: The Gathering Storm
- Day 13: In the Wet
- Day 14: A Dangerous Headland
- Day 15: Windbound by Day, Paddling by Night
- Day 16: Brochet, Brownies, and Back Upriver
- Day 17: Arrival in Esker Country
- Day 18: Upriver Against an Unforgiving Current
- Day 19: Underwater Willow Climbing
- Day 20: Paddling, Wading, Tracking, and Dragging to Lac Brochet
- Day 21: Brutally Slow Progress
- Day 22: Racing Against the Fire
- Day 23: Across the Height of Land
- Day 24: A Chain of Lakes
- Day 25: A Glimmer of Current
- Day 26: The Longest Portage and an Abandoned Lodge
- Day 27: Of Lakes and Rapids
- Day 28: River Channels Great and Small
- Day 29: A Close Bear Encounter
- Day 30: Killers at the Tree Line
- Day 31: Evaluating the Odds
- Day 32: Grinding Northward
- Day 33: Wind and Whitewater on the Lower Thlewiaza
- Day 34: A Storm on the Tundra
- Day 35: A Slow Sort of Country
- Day 36: The Perfect Day
- Day 37: The Battle of Edehon Lake
- Day 38: Windbound in the Bushes
- Day 39: Windy Whitewater
- Day 40: A 95 Kilometer Day
- Day 41: The Bay at Last
- Postscript: On the Difference Between Happiness and Satisfaction
- Energy Ball Recipe
- Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
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