Dermot Higgins

“An Irish retired teacher has become the oldest person in the world to kayak solo along the perilous Yukon River. Dermot Higgins, 61, also becomes the first Irish person to survive the 3,150km (1,960 mile) journey – which he mostly paddled “stark naked”.
—Irish Daily Star, September 1, 2023

‘Of all the travelers we’ve seen pass through, Higgins was unique, and not just for his gift of the gab.’
—CBC World News, August 26, 2023

“They don’t hand out medals for surviving in the great outdoors but they ought to –and he should get one”
—The National, CBC News, July 14, 2023

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He Who Swears at Bears

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Aged 61, out of shape and ill-prepared, one man paddled 3,185km on the Yukon River, from its source to the sea. For most of the journey he was naked and alone…

Read this incredible true story account written first hand by Dermot Higgins and with all profits very generously being donated to Pieta.