Sad News: A 21 years old missing kayaking have just been found death due to………….

Welsh teenager Finn Burnham was shocked when his friend, Callum Wylie, took his own life. Wylie, a gifted adventure athlete and musician, lived with Asperger’s Syndrome. In his grieving process, Burnham decided to challenge himself to raise awareness for the upstart Callum Wylie Foundation, a non-profit supporting youth with Asperger’s Syndrome. Burnham admits that sea kayaking terrifies him, yet last summer he accepted the challenge of paddling 400 nautical miles around the ‘island’ of Wales—a 43-day expedition, on which he celebrated his 19th birthday.

We caught up with Burnham to learn more about his friend Callum and his fall 2018 kayaking journey, which started on the northern end of the small country nestled on southwestern side of Great Britain, and took him in a clockwise direction, south through rivers and canals, then back around and up the rugged western coast of Wales.

CanoeKayak.com: Tell us about your friend Callum. When did the two of you meet? What did you find most inspiring about him?
Finn Burnham: Me and Callum have known each other from the beginning; our parents were friends since before we were born. Callum was inspirational in many different ways, but I always thought it was awesome how he could just turn up anywhere unprepared but ready to go. I remember planning a relatively serious hill day with Callum. I had a 40-liter rucksack full of kit for the day and he turned up in jeans, a hoodie and trainers. Almost annoyingly, the weather was great and he was of course fine and we had a great day. Callum never took anything too seriously; that always helped me because I was usually the opposite.