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Sep 2024
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Raging Rapids: Marooned in Manitoba

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Two young backpackers from Germany throw themselves deep into the wilds of Canada. Wolf and Johannes embark on an epic adventure down the remote Hayes River. But when disaster befalls their canoe, the friends will find themselves on a different kind of journey - not away from civilisation, but desperately seeking a way back to it…


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