New Event - MN Record Run (RR) 2019 Launching Soon

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New Event - MN Record Run (RR) 2019 Launching Soon

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Started 2 months ago by BeaV
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BeaV
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You may have noticed a new event called the MN Record Run posted. What is this? Following completion of last year's Kruger/Waddell Challenge, WaterTriber's MAKK and I decided we'd try to go faster than 80 hours 40 minutes and set a new record for this historic canoe travel route.

This past May, WaterTriber's, Kelso and Nordstjernen, smashed that record by doing it in 69 hours 25 minutes. MAKK and I were awestruck by their accomplishment, dismayed by what that time meant to us, but still determined to make our own attempt.

So that is what the MNRR2019 event is...MAKK and BeaV's tandem canoe record attempt that Chief suggested be tracked here on the WaterTribe Tracking Map. We are set to launch Thursday 8/15 at 4:00 am weather conditions permitting.

Thanks Chief, I think..., for the tracking capability here!

Posted 2 months ago #
MrMako
Member

BeaV, good luck. Will be watching!

Posted 2 months ago #
Chief
Coastal Vagabond

I can't wait!!! I hope you two can beat the record because I won't be able to get any sleep until you finish!

And then just think of it. You get to do it again in September!!!

Posted 2 months ago #
Deerfly
Member

Best of luck to you guys, will be watching too.

Posted 2 months ago #
Kelso
Member

Go BeaV and Makk! We'll be watching with anticipation and cheering you on. Stay tough and keep your paddle in the water.

Posted 2 months ago #
Chief
Coastal Vagabond

They have launched.

Posted 2 months ago #
Kelso
Member

Direct comparison map between their track so far and ours in May (I'll keep updating this periodically).

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iwBlIrrjPJpAfUHPJGDa55KNVNHXDNVv&usp=sharing

Posted 2 months ago #
PrivateHam
Member

Kelso, that map is a great way to show the context. Thanks for putting this together.

Posted 2 months ago #
GrandmaL
Member

BeaV and his paddle partner, MAKK, are flying across the BWCA - they are now paddling through a maze of islands in the dark - too cloudy for the full moon to even peek through. At least the wind has calmed and rain is holding off for a few hours. Low tonight of 55 degrees. Check the Tracking Map - several of us are addicted to watching.

Posted 2 months ago #
JollyRoger
Member

2:30am they are approaching Lower Bass Wood Falls. Because of Kelso's comparison map it feels like a race with two teams going at it and exchanging leads and in the heat of a side by side race but it is much different I am sure. Alone in the dark with just your partner and a your goal to push you. Tired, wet, cold, hungry, sleepy, in the middle of no where...must be great out there!

Posted 2 months ago #
Kelso
Member

You've described it perfectly, JollyRoger.

Posted 2 months ago #
Kelso
Member

They have begun the Grand Portage! Looks like they are just a couple hours away from setting a new record. Congratulations!

Posted 2 months ago #
Kelso
Member

They're done! 63 hours 16 minutes unofficial time, a 6 hour improvement on the record! Congrats on a superhuman effort!

Posted 2 months ago #
Chief
Coastal Vagabond

It was amazing!

Posted 2 months ago #
Canoewnc
Member

Absolutely amazing and mind boggling performance! Being able to follow it live on the tracker was intense!

Posted 2 months ago #
BeaV
Member

Thanks all!

JollyRoger- MAKK and I laughed hard when we read your comment!

All recovered and ready for the upcoming Kruger Waddell Challenge.

Clint Waddell, Kelso, Nordstjernen, MAKK, GrandmaL, and others are coming to my place this weekend. Expect this to be a great time unless Kelso and Nordsthernen want to punch me in the face:)

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