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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #31 on: March 26, 2016, 04:43:41 PM »
Norman Hahn
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youtube - documentary - 400km to raise awareness of oil tankers path into Canadian fjords

As an Alaskan, I can appreciate being concerned about the consequences of trying to weave huge tankers in narrow fjords.
It's more documentary of the oil tankers and the politics than about the paddling - but it's easy to fast forward on youtube :D


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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #33 on: March 28, 2016, 09:32:12 AM »
Tinfoil baseball cap? Seriously! :D
Thanks for the G&M article. In the comments:

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For a look at Bruce's journey, see the award-winning short film, "The Questions We Ask" by Kalum Ko:



Don't blink or you will miss the radar reflector.

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #34 on: March 28, 2016, 10:59:27 PM »
Hope I didn't offend. "Seriously"  was with "!"   Not a"? "  to indicate that there was tin foil put to good use and it was a" hook" to get people to look inside.

Took me a lot of pondering to figure out G&M. I never heard of Globe and Mail before and only found the article from Google.

I guess I can't see the comments either. Thanks for sharing that I am always  glad to see more links for adventure :)

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #35 on: March 29, 2016, 11:25:57 PM »
Anyone wearing a tinfoil hat can't/shouldn't be easily offended. I was pointing out that you can see it in the video very briefly.

The Globe's comments must be clicked upon to open them up - weird and annoying.

Totally appreciate your touring finds - I had missed the Globe article.

Another Vancouver to Victoria Run was this one:

http://globalnews.ca/news/1383255/elite-athletes-to-paddle-board-from-vancouver-to-victoria-for-mens-health/
http://linaaugaitis.blogspot.ca/2014/06/sup-4-mens-health-expedition-vancouver.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE4Q3zzvNH8
« Last Edit: March 29, 2016, 11:36:58 PM by blackeye »

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #36 on: March 30, 2016, 01:15:15 PM »
http://www.northamericanpaddle.com
Ketchikan to Mexico.... In 5 months?  ???

Should be fun to watch.

I meant to point out these two look to be doing it prone/kneeling - I don't see paddles. Every time I watch that type of paddling my knees hurt.
I should try it up wind :D

These boys need to get going - it's Spring - enough - in Alaska and our summers are short.

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #37 on: March 31, 2016, 04:24:03 PM »
I forgot this one - I've seen it elsewhere - adding to this thread - Atlantic Supergirls travel the East coast for 1500 miles:
before completed:
http://www.supthemag.com/sup-women/atlantic_supergirls/#SZ4cxG5BWYkBoPcY.97
after completed:
http://www.supthemag.com/news/community/atlantic-supergirls-complete-epic-journey/?sf23417651=1#DvpA88o1HLmKhkYi.97
their Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/atlanticsupergirls?fref=ts


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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #38 on: April 01, 2016, 04:29:12 PM »
Supthemag has all the good ariticles :D

Paul Clark - Southeast Alaska, Inside Passage - bears, USCG visits I like it that the paddler has the sense to know when to stop - not such a bad lesson....

http://www.supthemag.com/travel/field-notes/field-notes-sup-touring-alaskas-inside-passage/#AbGeEppGil5c6D8o.97

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #39 on: July 01, 2016, 11:44:38 PM »
Yukon River race is on.  Should see the first Sups across the finish line tomorrow morning.
http://www.supracer.com/2016-yukon-river-quest-update/


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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #40 on: July 02, 2016, 08:20:05 AM »
This is a good post on long distance adventure races:

http://www.supracer.com/worlds-longest-stand-up-paddle-races/
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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #41 on: August 01, 2016, 09:52:47 PM »
http://www.supracer.com/stand-up-paddle-boarding-greenland-arctic/

eh...wow. Paddling "the Arctic" (2200km)on an iSup.

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #42 on: December 07, 2016, 11:43:27 PM »
Great writeup on the Yukon River Quest by Norman Hahn (same site in previous link  but new update). Great for late  night winter read as it is one page and easy on a smart phone :).

https://www.normhann.com/recent-news/sup-race-midnight-sun-yukon-river-quest/

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #43 on: December 08, 2016, 04:39:50 AM »
55 hours of non-stop paddling, at competitive speeds.... amazing!
Shows what is possible. I wonder what kind of a toll it takes on the body.

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Re: Long distance adventure touring
« Reply #44 on: December 08, 2016, 11:12:43 AM »
I've read 3 versions of this race - the 2016 race - and this was the best, most-blow-by-blow - tho' it didn't mention one of the female finishers was pregnant - wonder if he knew?

Bart deZwart taking off at the end for the win - that dude is a beastman! - but to only be 15 minutes behind him at 55 hours is amazing too. Respect to all the competitors.

 


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