Something True 2.5: The Trip to Telegraph Creek

Something True by Idle Thumbs

Aug 13, 201900:21:09Society & Culture

Together they set out to chart wildest Canada: a management consultant, a dental student, a Hollywood cinematographer, an ex-sniper, a mysterious treasure hunter, and a cowboy. Nobody believed in their expedition, saying...

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