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
Yukon River Quest: Quick highlights reel
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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
Bart de Zwart’s Yukon River Quest insights: ”You go places in your mind you didn’t know existed.”
Recently Chris from SUP Racer asked me "Why do you do it?" Why do I paddle these ultra endurance races and expeditions? What's the motivation? With races like the Yukon River Quest, easily one of t
