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“It can’t be done” declared Don, the sage, well-respected, fisherman who’s fished these wild, remote British Columbia coastal waters since a child, almost daily. He announced it, not so much as an opinion, more as an unarguable fact. Like gravity.

Waterfall, British Columbia (c) 2014 David Dilworth

His rock solid view of my proposed sailing expedition was echoed by every other local expert I posed it to: six offshore sailors, five fish-er-men, four commercial guides, three wildland rangers . . . (you get the idea)

What were they all so pessimistic about ?

Well, I love waterfalls !

So, determined to photograph Canada’s tallest waterfalls in a remote wilderness alluringly nicknamed “British Columbia’s Crown Jewel,” I’d sought advice from local experts about getting there. It turns out that due to the near vertical terrain, there aren’t any back roads; dirt or otherwise.

Worse, the “easiest” hikes take you through some serious Grizzly bear front-yards with lots of moms and cubs. (I only refer to these beloved megafauna due to their occasionally inconvenient sense of humor/lunch.) In addition —“There is no water along the trail and it’s defended by legions of voracious bugs.”

Not to mention you need to climb off-trails – several five to six thousand foot rugged, near-vertical, glacier packed mountain passes. At the time that didn’t sound quite enough fun for me.

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