| The Ultimate Canoe Challenge: 28,000 Miles Through North America Contributor(s): Frentz, Brand (Author), Kruger, Verlen (With) |
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ISBN: 0595669735 ISBN-13: 9780595669738 Publisher: iUniverse OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: Verlen Kruger and Steve Landick came up with the idea of a canoe trip that would surpass all others, and they did it. Paddling their canoes or carrying them on the connecting land passages, they toured North America, from Montana to Manhattan, from New Orleans to the Arctic Ocean, from Baja California to home in Lansing, Michigan. They mastered wild storms on the ocean, often paddled 75-100 miles or more in a day, shot through deadly rapids going downstream, and paddled up several major rivers, reaching the climax by going up the Grand Canyon. Again and again they were warned, "It can't be done" or "You'll never make it," but each time they rose to the challenge and kept going, finally completing a canoe trip of 28,000 miles that lasted three and a half years and was appropriately named "The Ultimate Canoe Challenge." This is the story as Verlen lived it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Outdoor Skills - Sports & Recreation | Canoeing - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
| Dewey: 797.122 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.16 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Verlen Kruger and Steve Landick came up with the idea of a canoe trip that would surpass all others, and they did it. Paddling their canoes or carrying them on the connecting land passages, they toured North America, from Montana to Manhattan, from New Orleans to the Arctic Ocean, from Baja California to home in Lansing, Michigan. They mastered wild storms on the ocean, often paddled 75-100 miles or more in a day, shot through deadly rapids going downstream, and paddled up several major rivers, reaching the climax by going up the Grand Canyon. Again and again they were warned, "It can't be done" or "You'll never make it", but each time they rose to the challenge and kept going, finally completing a canoe trip of 28,000 miles that lasted three and a half years and was appropriately named The Ultimate Canoe Challenge. This is the story as Verlen lived it. |