Another OF debuts as an author of a book

Peter Macfarlane (Z73-81) has just published The Wolf Faces Backwards. In it he guides the reader on a pair of solo canoe journeys the full length of the Northern Forest Canoe Trail, the longest marked inland water trail in the USA. Built from his travel journals, the book immerses the reader in the day-to-day life, decisions, challenges, despair and elation of two odysseys of over 700 miles each. It is, though, much more than a journal, being laced with memoir and more, sufficient to give the reader an insight into what it takes to develop the skills and personality to undertake such a challenge, and to do so in a canoe he had both designed and built.

The book is in two halves. Part 1 depicts Peter’s 2013 through-paddle, which was characterised by some remarkably inclement weather. Part 2 jumps five years ahead to his second through-paddle. This time, to make a difference, he set out from the ‘wrong’ end, embarking on a journey with many more miles of upstream than downstream, a journey which—for very good reason—nobody had previously been recorded as attempting, let alone completing.

The Wolf Faces Backwards is available in soft-cover, either directly from Peter (details at his website www.petermacfarlane.net) or by print-on-demand through www.BookBaby.com

Peter’s remarkable canoeing exploits have earned him a place in the Distinguished OF section of the website – click here.