In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush with death.
Three years.
More than four hours later, Dan awakened with a lump on his head from a fall and stumbled deeper into the woods, confused.
He stepped into a gap among cedar trees to look for the next portage--and did not return.
On a beautiful summer afternoon in 1998, Dan Stephens, a 22-year-old canoeist, was leading a trip deep into Ontario\'s Quetico Provincial Park.
In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush with death