Re: [Paddlewise] Eco-Challenge `97 Australia event

From: Kirk Olsen <kolsen_at_imagelan.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 17:58:31 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Jackie Fenton wrote:

> The winning team
> of the '97 Eco-challenge (same winner of the '96 Eco-challenge) consisted
> paddlers with a lot of experience.  I can't help but wonder how many 
> competitors heard about the "sea kayaking portion of the race" and
> thought "flat water."  One of the team members of the winning team, Nagle 
> of Eco-Internet, will be paddling this year's Texas Water Safari.  

> http://www.yuri.harvard.edu/~nagle/  (website of captain of Team 
>        Eco-Internet, Eco-Challenge's 96 and 97 winners)

I've done a couple of races with/against Rob Nagle.  

Last summer I did support for my brother during the Sea To Summit triathlon.
The sea to summit starts in Portsmouth NH with a 12.5 mile kayak paddle
up the Piscataqua river, followed by a 92 mile bike ride up to Conway NH,
a 4 mile run up route 16 to the Tuckerman's ravine trailhead and finally 
about a 4 mile climb up Mount Washington on the Lionshead or tuckerman's
ravine trail.  Rob won the Sea to Summit, he passed my brother during
the run, Rob's time was about 8 hours 30 minutes.  For those who might
have climbed Mount Washington Rob did the climb in about 90 minutes and 
averaged above 20 mph for the bike ride.

The weekend after the sea-to-summit Rob Nagle and his paddling partner (Ed 
Duggan), who had also done the sea-to-summit, won the tandem surf ski 
division in the Blackburn Challenge.  The Blackburn is a 19 to 24 mile 
open water race around Cape Ann (Gloucester) in Massachusetts.  During 
last years race, the northern leg of last years race was rough enough 
that a 6 man outrigger flipped as it headed around a point.

The texas water safari sounds like something Nagle would love.  

kirk
who once realizes that the 19 mile canoe race I'm doing this weekend 
should be "childs play".
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