Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Well Bbob it's a bit complicated. Basically the author was in the Queen Charlotte Islands to do a light travel piece about kayaking. His trip was delayed by a few days due to bad weather so he decided to explore the island. He picked up an old tourist map that mentioned a sacred tree "the golden spruce", so he set off to take a look at it.
After wandering around for a while he pulls over a truck and asks about the tree - he's told that it was cut down by a logger as a protest against the natives who were against logging. So being a good writer, he asks where he can find the logger that did the cutting so he can interview him... except the logger went kayaking and well... he hasn't been seen since.
The story sort of takes off from there, and to say any more would give too many surprises away.
After wandering around for a while he pulls over a truck and asks about the tree - he's told that it was cut down by a logger as a protest against the natives who were against logging. So being a good writer, he asks where he can find the logger that did the cutting so he can interview him... except the logger went kayaking and well... he hasn't been seen since.
The story sort of takes off from there, and to say any more would give too many surprises away.
