Kayaker paddles solo through Inside Passage

For the past two months, Maditha Kröger, a project manager from Germany has been paddling solo through the Inside Passage from Washington State toward Skagway aboard a 17-foot sea kayak named Prudence.

Along the way Kröger stopped in Petersburg for a few days rest and shared a glimpse of her adventure with the Pilot before paddling on.

Two years ago, after kayaking with friends in British Columbia, Kröger discovered the book "Inside" by Susan Marie Conrad, a memoir about a solo Inside Passage kayak expedition. The book resonated so deeply that Kröger did something she'd never done before - she...