Solo Kayaker Shares True Adventures at Montesano Timberland Library

Join Jennifer Hahn, seasoned wilderness guide, solo kayaker and naturalist, for her true adventure presentation, Spirited Waters: A Naturalist’s Journey on the Inside Passage, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 at the Montesano Timberland Library (W.H. Abel Memorial Library), 125 Main Street S, Montesano. The program is free of charge and intended for a middle school to adult audience.

Hahn (left) will show slides and share stories from her intrepid 750-mile solo kayak journey through wild, pristine waters from Ketchikan, Alaska to her home in Bellingham, Washington. Besides lightkeepers, loggers, fishers and Kwakiutl carvers, the audience will hear about encounters with migratory gray whales, otters, bears, gale-force storms, yowling wolves, and whirlpool passages.

A veteran paddler, Hahn has guided natural history adventures and kayak trips in Washington, Canada, Alaska, Baja, Mexico and the Galapagos since 1987. She is the founder and former owner of Elakah! Kayak Expeditions and teaches for Elakah! and various businesses and organizations. She holds a B.S. in Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Writing, Literature and Ecology. Recently, Hahn’s book, Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage (Mountaineers Books, September 2001) won the Barbara Savage Miles from Nowhere Memorial Award for an adventure narrative. Copies of the book will be available for purchase after the presentation.

The presentation is sponsored by the Friends of the W.H. Abel Memorial Library. For more information, people may call the library at (360) 249-4211.