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The race to Alaska. Each year a group of lost souls, assembles, import towns and

Washington, an old frontier town filled with bears. From there they will use

what widths they have to sail their ram shackle vessels up a file stretch of

water called the inside passage to get you can Alaska. An old frontier town

filled with bears. It's likely I did a rod with a chance of drowning. That's Jake

Beaty, one of the organizers. It is an engineless unsupported boat race along the

west coast of Canada. The prize for first place is $10,000. The prize for

second place is a set of steak knives. There are no other prizes. Everyone else is

simply racing to feed a starving madness within them. We don't really know how many

miles it is because the course is so little structure but it's roughly 750

miles. The race course is punishing. There are strong currents and massive

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