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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: Stephen Kaplan’s last motorcycle trip nearly killed him. Here’s how he survived with his wife’s help
Description: Nearly 12 years ago, Toronto business executive Stephen Kaplan took a solo motorcycle trip to Alaska. He promised his worried wife, Danielle, it would be his last. But somewhere on a remote road in the Yukon, Kaplan hit a pothole and flew off his powerful bike. When he landed, he’d broken his spine and damaged his heart.
The lifelong adventurer couldn’t move, trapped alone on the side of a road in grizzly bear territory.
It sounds like a movie, but this was real. If it wasn’t for a few miracles including a passing trucker, a working GPS device...