I think what upsets me about this mess in Red Lake is that some good people have been slandered and because of lawsuits or threats of lawsuits could not use social media to defend themselves. Publicly Harlan had a stellar reputation and part of that was because he could edit out any comments he did not like from the social media accounts he set or or pressure forums he supported to delete certain threads that contained complaints about him. I had personal friends caught up in problems with Harlan. He would tell clients to just give them their credit card numbers and he would take care of everything. This led to charges that were higher than paddlers thought they  had agreed to. Having been burned this way one friend tried to straighten it out with Harlan but could not. One the next trip he made sure to only pay when he got an invoice. Arriving in Red Lake Harlan insisted he was owed for some maps, my friend insisted Harlan bring up the account and the maps had been paid for. Another paddler told of arriving in Red Lake and Harlan demanded they pay for a canoe rental that they had not requested. Harlan said he had to charge because it was too lake to rent it to someone else. I had heard enough stories that my advice when asked about Harlan was to only pay when you had an invoice. I know there would be another side to these stories but I heard too much. None of these things were ever worth pursuing legal action. That is why when things heated up last summer Superior Airways posted on their Facebook account that anyone with a legal fight with Harlan should contact them and their legal team would help. At this point the war that Harlan started turned against him and soon he had left  town with no notification to his clients with paid for trips still arriving. Not a pretty story and one I hate to write but I just need to put out the "rest of the story."