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
