It might be significant that the deadline for the organizer to decide and announce if the race will happen this year is April Fools day. The fine print read: "The race coordinator fully expects to determine whether the race will take place no later than April 1, 2004" I know of no paddlers who have fully paddled the coast between Cordova and Icy Strait. I know of a few who were thinking of or planning to try to paddle this section of coast but don't recall hearing of any that succeeded. Does anybody on this list know of anyone who has succeeded in paddling this section of coast. I wonder if Oscar Chalupski and Joe Glickman know their good names are being used (as people who have offered support) to promote this fantasy race. The pace that would need to be maintained to meet the time and mileage expected is, to my knowledge, totally unreasonable for the best of paddlers given the logistics, location and weather likely to be encountered in this area. I wonder if the organizers know of the long stretches of tidal glacier ice walls (rather than beaches) that will be encountered between Cordova and Yakatat. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 22 2004 - 01:45:24 PST
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