Adversity to Inspiration [2 of 4]: Karl Kruger | Paddling the Inside Passage
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“In an adventure of this duration you owe it to your former self to keep going. You think about all the effort that you have put in to that point and you think about who you were back then, giving it your all. In the shoes I’m in right now, I owe it to me back there. I cant quit now, its just not an option.” - Karl Kruger Watch the epic comeback story of the first-ever paddleboarder to complete the Race To Alaska in Adversity to Inspiration [2 of 4]: Karl Kruger | Paddling the Inside Passage // :60 Story
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