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A Solo Packraft Descent of Sierra Leone's Largest River
It was partway through Thomas Mariee’s 17-day solo packrafting descent of Sierra Leone’s Rokel River, and he was hiding in the jungle. Mariee had set up camp at dusk, hoping to conceal his presence from the illegal gold miners operating on the river. As he …