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We paddled south from Willis Island across the Thiepval Channel, then between Trickett and Turret Island. So I ran back across the beach to the campsite to get a cup, then ran back to the Phoenix Composting toilet and poured cups of seawater into it until the blaze was out. It seemed probable that the fire would spread until it ignited the wooden platform and enclosure, perhaps aided by methane released in the composting process. I watched through the hole for a minute, hoping that it would go out, but it gradually spread to neighbouring piles of shavings. I remembered that we were meant to burn our toilet paper, so I set fire to my square of toilet paper and dropped it into the hole, where it drifted down and set fire to a pile of cedar shavings. Nothing but human waste products and cedar shavings (for bulking) was supposed to go through the hole in the platform. The campsite had three Phoenix Composting toilets, consisting of a hut sitting on a wooden platform raised ten feet above the ground, over a fenced enclosure. Karin, our group leader, prepared supper for the first night, a mild chicken curry.Ī fine and bright morning. Joan and I both attempted to roll our heavily laden kayaks before landing at the campsite, with intermittent success. Among other things, we took thirty litres of fresh water, the Islands not having a reliable water supply.Īfter about an hour we launched, and paddled south of the Stopper Islands, across Loudoun Channel, to the campsite on Willis Island.
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One of the disadvantages of kayaking is that if you launch at low tide, you have to carry all these items, plus the kayak, across 300 meters of mud and clamshells. One of the advantages of kayaking over backpacking is that a kayak can carry much more than a backpack, allowing you to bring luxury items on the trip, such as a second pair of socks. After driving 12 km along the dirt road we came to a beach, where we parked the cars at a launch site maintained by the Toquaht First Nation. From Horseshoe Bay we sailed to Nanaimo, drove across the island to Port Alberni, had lunch, then drove in the direction of Ucluelet, turning onto a dirt road before we got there. Kayaks on the roof of the car make it easy to locate fellow-travellers without needing cell phones.
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We got up at 4:10 am and drove to the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal, where we rendezvoused with the other members of the party. Overall this was a very good experience, apart from occasional moments of terror. An account of six days kayaking in the Broken Group Islands, off the West Coast of Vancouver Island.