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Title: A good dose of hype
Review: This book was hyped hard by reviewers and jacket comments---(do they pay these guys or are they all with the same publisher or what?) as a SOLO first descent. I picked up the book at the library (fortunately), because I like to read about solo canoe/kayak travel.Come to find out, a few pages into the story--the author admits to being shadowed by a photographer!!I couldn't believe it. It felt like a betrayal. That's as far as I read. This is not a solo adventure book in the sense that it reflects the same perils and exposure, physically and psychologically--as the archtypical "solo" adventurer is exposed to. That aspect of experiencing the perils and paying the inexorable dues for errors and lack of judgement is what makes adventure real. This book does not reflect that philosophy.
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