Chased by the Midnight Sun: The documentary about Canada’s 715km-long ‘Yukon River Quest’ is finally complete
It was 3am Tuesday. I'd been staring at the remote Canadian wilderness for 16 hours straight. I hadn't slept much, and I was seriously questioning why I was doing it all in the first place. This was the Yukon River Quest, which at 715km is the longest annual paddle race on the planet. It
An ultra adventure: “70% of teams didn’t finish” – Bart de Zwart on the ‘Muskoka River X’ challenge
For me, the "X" in this race represents the unknown; you never know what you're going to get at Muskoka. And that was truer than ever this year, when rough weather forced organisers to cut this "ultra" short after 70% of competit
Paddlecast #002: Bart de Zwart (The Yukon Episode)
I'm very excited to share the second episode of Paddlecast with you today because it features my new favourite race - The Yukon River Quest - as well as a guy I've got the world of respect for, Bart de Zwart. I sat down with the four-time Yukon champion a
The Yukon River Quest: 715km of dehydration, hallucinations and days that never end
It's been more than a week since we finished the Yukon River Quest and I still can't feel one of my big toes. Apparently nerve damage is a standard result of paddling three days, three nights and 715km (444 miles) down a long, cold river in Canada. My toe should “th
71 hours later… The Yukon River Quest is complete.
We made it! I'm not sure how, and I'm still not entirely sure why, but I finished the 715km Yukon River Quest alongside half a dozen other stand up paddlers and scores of crazy canoe and kayak competitors. We had headwind, we had hypothermia, and we had one hel
715kms down a cold river in Canada: When/where/how to follow the Yukon River Quest
Welcome to the Yukon River Quest aka "Why are we paddling 715km down a cold river in Canada?!" Over the next three days, Bart de Zwart and myself, along with eight other stand up paddlers and hundreds of canoe/kayak competitors will be
This is the ‘Yukon River Quest’ (OR: “Why am I paddling 715km down a cold river in Canada?!”)
In exactly seven days' time, I will be paddling down a long, cold river towards the village of "Carmacks" in Canada's wild and remote Yukon Territory in desperate search of rest. If all goes according to plan, I will have already been on the water for more than 24 hou