on 17/6/04 16:52, Matt Broze at mkayaks_at_oz.net wrote: > Paul Caffyn (the > one previous circumnavigator of the same island--part solo and part with a > partner) > At least one other paddler has circumnavigated the South Island before Chris. An American (whose name escapes me) working here in the communications field for a year, did it with very little fanfare. He had incredibly good weather and luck (washed up only once if I recall correctly) and paddled a metre from the rocks of the Fiordland coast that caused Paul and Chris so much trouble. He also was told he needed a different boat to the one he used, and told me afterwards that he may have been faster in a Nordkapp. I laughed. He left NZ soon after, probably still not realising his achievement. Also, Nelson kayaker Bevan Walker has paddled the whole island, chunks at a time. -- John Kirk-Anderson Banks Peninsula NEW ZEALAND *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 17 2004 - 12:08:22 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:31:15 PDT