50,000 kilometers........ in a kayak!

[garymalmgren]

After paddling 50,000km, Australian police arrested this German kayaker

Unemployed and seeking a better life, Oscar Speck pushed his kayak into the water of the Danube and began paddling downriver. He didn't stop until he reached Australia.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Foswick]

Well, my wife and I were thinking we would kayak down the Columbia River next summer from the Canadian border to the Pacific. Kind of seems trivial now.

 

[Richard19068]

Well, my wife and I were thinking we would kayak down the Columbia River next summer from the Canadian border to the Pacific. Kind of seems trivial now.

Not trivial at all. That would be a bucket list trip. Isn't that like.. 1,200 miles?

 

[Foswick]

Isn't that like.. 1,200 miles?

It's about 1000 miles, but it's all downhill.

 

[garymalmgren]

Go for it Fos!

 

[Richard19068]

It's about 1000 miles, but it's all downhill.

...but it's all downhill.

Oh, that's right. Easy peasy!

 

[Michael Davis]

It's about 1000 miles, but it's all downhill.

Then for a challenge you could paddle back to where you left your car!

 

[Michael Davis]

That’s very Huckleberry Finn. Really sounds like a great adventure.

 

[Foswick]

Then for a challenge you could paddle back to where you left your car!

That's assuming I remember where I left it. I imagine paddling up river pushing the button on the fob and listening for that "tweet tweet".

 

[jssailem]

You could do a Burt Reynolds, as in Deliverance, and get some locals to drive your rig downstream to your takeout.