Dianne Whelan left Newfoundland on a 40-year-old bike with her supplies strapped to her back to get away from it all. She biked, walked, canoed, and kayaked mostly alone across Canada, to its three oceans, with five cameras and a drone. She emerged, not 500 days but six years later, a new and enlighted person. 500 Days in the Wild is a revelation. What She Said’ Anne Brodie spoke with Whelan.
500 Days in the Wild is in theatres March 1