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Local kayaking duo breaks record and inducted to elite club

by EMILY BONSANT
Staff Writer | July 27, 2023 1:00 AM

Boundary County kayaking duo and life partners Josh Friedman and Julie Kirk not only beat their best race time at the Yukon River Quest, a 444-mile race on the Yukon River, they also made history by being inducted into the Yukon River Quest Great River Club.

In order to enter the club, paddlers have to complete 3,106 miles, equal to 5,000 kilometers, on the Yukon River...

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