This&That Expedition News
Baja Paddle for Ovarian Cancer For 75 days from October 24 to January 2, Frewin Hermer, Rachel Brown, Suzie Dale,
and Trisha Wilkie kayaked the inside coast of Baja, Mexico, to raise money and aware- ness for ovarian cancer. The 600-mile paddle was inspired by Suzie’s mother, Ann Dale, who died in August after a battle with ovarian cancer. Along the way they encountered several el norte winds, paddled with pods of dolphins, and fished to supplement their food. To learn more about their trip and cause, visit home.earth-
link.net/~frewinh/.
Fundraiser: 75 days in Baja. photos by Suzie Dale
Arrivals
No worries, mate, I can roll in my sleep A solo paddler from Australia made the first
unsupported crossing of the 220-kilometre Bass Strait dividing Australia from Tasmania. Last November, Andrew McCauley set off from Wilson’s Promontory near Melbourne and landed in Boat Harbour 36 hours later. McCauley lucked out with weather. His only problem was paddling so long without sleep. At one point he dozed off and capsized. He awoke upside down, rolled up and kept paddling.
En route
Five years at sea—kayaker tackles Indonesia Satoru Yahata, 29, is paddling and sailing the length of the Indonesian island chain by kayak. Paddling from east to west from Papua to Aceh, the distance is about 6,000 kilometres. He plans to do the journey over five years and make several stops along the way to study the local culture or go back home to work when he runs out of money. He’ll travel with various local Indonesians who will rotate through the second position in Yahata’s tandem sea kayak. The first leg was to be completed in February this year, but we have not found a way to track news of Yahata’s journey in English. His plan has him arriving in Sabang, in Indonesian’s Aceh province in May 2008.
10 Early Summer 2004
Chile’s Inside Passage first At the end of April, Rob Walker and Karen Holm of Oregon are due to return from the first complete paddle of Chile’s Inside Passage—a six- month, 1,700-mile journey from Puerto Montt to Puerto Toro south of Tierra del Fuego. The feat will more or less complete their goal to traverse the Western Hemisphere under their own power. On previous journeys they paddled from Glacier Bay to Washington State and bicycled from Seattle to La Paz, Bolivia. Lots of info at:
www.home.earthlink.net/~mountainminded/.
Departures
Haida Gwaii Learning Expedition (May 2004) Ten graduating students of Lakehead
University’s Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism program are off to practice what they’ve learned in Gwaii Hannas National Park from May 3 to 24. Their mission: “To create awareness about environmental, social and historical issues in Haida Gwaii through the development of a web- based learning centre and a 20-day sea kayaking expedition.” They’ll be posting updates to
Hgle2004.lakeheadu.ca.
Send expedition news to
editor@adventurekayakmag.com.
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