During preparations for the PMC Youth Programs Kinder Skog ten-day kayak excursion, Onward and Upward instructor Kevin Vacca teaches a Petersburg youth how to execute a wet exit and recover the kayak in the event of a capsize. Though they were ready for it, none of the teens' kayaks capsized during the adventure.
For a third straight summer, Katie Holmlund - the youth program coordinator behind Petersburg Medical Center's Kinder Skog outdoor program - led a group of local teenagers on a sea-kayak expedition down the south end of Mitkof Island, roughly 50 kilometers over 10 days in collaboration with the guiding outfit Onward and Upward. Eight students and five instructors launched from Banana Point, worked their way out to Woewodski Island, and backtracked home. By the last few days, the adults were mostly along for the ride.
"They kind of led themselves," Holmlund said. "Especially those last few days...
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