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Epic Journeys


It may be the Chinese year of the Pig, but judging by the number of sea kayak expeditions pushing of f in ’07, we’re pretty sure it ’s the Year of the Expedition. Here are some of the highlights of what ’s coming up this summer.


Into Africa: Werner Stoltz PHOTO: KAYAK4AIDS


EXPEDITION Kayak 4 A Kure WHO


Louis Breckenridge, John Dubina


Kayak 4 Aids Werner Stoltz BY RYAN STUART


Greenland: A Sea Kayak Expedition Through a Sea of Ice


Jean-Luc and Sylvain Grossmann, Rafic Mecattaf, and Thomas Truninger


Chasing the Ana —Puerto Rico ‘07


Wendy Killoran, Taino Almestica and Derrick Mayoleth


Arctic Voice Expedition 2007–2008


Glenn Morris, Stephen Doughty and Richard Cree


WHERE WHAT


Mississippi River


Two cancer survivors from Texas are mess- ing with the mighty Mississippi as they attempt to paddle 3,783 kilometres from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico to raise money for cancer research. Starting at Lake Itasca, Min- nesota, this spring, they hope to float out of the Bayou among hulking oil tankers within a month.


Europe to Africa


When a rugby injury left 24-year-old South African Werner Stoltz unable to play, the de- vout Christian picked up sea kayaking. The next year he circum- navigated Ireland in 55 days. On June 8th, 2006, he embarked on possibly the longest sea kayak expedi- tion ever—16,000 kilometres by sea kayak and mountain bike from London, England, to Durban, South Africa— to raise money for AIDS and HIV orphans


WHEN DANGERS QUOTABLE May 13 to June 11


Barge traffic, snakes, alligators, mosquitoes.


“In the extreme south- ern portion of this trip there have been documented cases of dogs and other animals actually dying from loss of blood due to mosquito bites.”


FOLLOW 18 | | ADVENTURE KAYAK early summer 2007


www.kayak4akure. com


June 8, 2006 to ?


Malaria, pirates, tropical diseases and the war in Somalia.


“I think you need to do something really outrageous to make people understand and take notice.”


www.k4a.co.za


Greenland


In 2005, Swiss adven- turers, Jean-Luc and Sylvain Grossmann, paddled 320 kilome- tres of the Greenland coast, falling in love with the ice-rich waters. This June the two will team up with Rafic Mecattaf and Thomas Truninger to paddle and pull their boats 500 kilometres further north through fjords, ice floes and over land.


Puerto Rico


Captain Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl have nothing on Roberto Cofresi, a real live pirate who ruled the waters of Puerto Rico in the 1820s aboard his boat the Ana. The legend of how the US Navy captured El Pirata Co- fresi and the chance to paddle in his warm water wake was all this team needed to mount an expedition to circumnavigate Puerto Rico and two neighbouring islands.


June–July


Icebergs, cold, polar bears.


“In our opinion a sense of adventure is one of the most important aspects of the human character.”


www.photopulse. ch/greenland2007


August Wind and surf.


Killoran: “I decided to trade in my dry suit for a bathing suit.”


Northwest Passage


To coincide with the International Polar Year and draw atten- tion to Arctic climate change, Glenn Morris, Stephen Doughty and Richard Cree will be crossing the Northwest Passage from the Mackenzie Delta to Hudson Bay in three stages. Over two summers, beginning in June, they’ll paddle to from Inuvik to Gjoa Haven before continuing overland by dogsled and ski to Chesterfield Inlet.


June–August


Nasty weather, freezing water and polar bears.


“If we can encourage even a few people to think differently about the world we live in and change their lifestyles for the better then the cost will be worth it.”


www.kayakwisconsin. net/Puerto-Rico-2007.html


www.arcticvoice.org/


L TO R: KAYAK4ACURE, KAYAK4AIDS, JEAN-LUC GROSSMANN, DERRICK MAYOLETH, RICHARD CREE


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